Mining Incidents

White Springs Ag Chems Inc dba NutrienOperator

Controlled by Nutrien LTD
MSHA Operator ID: L14407
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
225
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2000–2026

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
73th

More recorded fatalities than 73% of operators on file.

Rank
#194of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.2×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
2
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

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Top causes

  • MACHINERY2 fatalities · 29 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS67 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON56 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)21 non-fatal
  • DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)14 non-fatal
  • OTHER13 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
2
2025
26
2024
22 (1f)
2023
16
2022
15
2021
12
2020
11
2019
11
2018
9
2017
9
2016
10
2015
3 (1f)
2014
6
2013
7
2012
4
2011
3
2010
3
2009
7
2008
7
2007
9
2006
4
2005
13
2004
3
2003
1
2002
2
2001
4
2000
6

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

During a pipe breaking operation by the float crew on the #5 Matrix line near the #8 Lift Pump, the Leaderman was struck by a pipe and suffered fatal injuries. The investigation of the accident by MSHA and the company is ongoing. Autopsy results are also pending.

Drowning

The victim was operating an excavator near a canal when the excavator tipped on its side and went in the water. The victim was able to get out of the cab and transported to a hospital where he died at 5:45 p.m.