Still under investigation. ** The miner was operating a loaded 40 ton articulated haul truck down a slope when the truck went out of control and hit a rib. The cab section overturned. The victim was ejected from the truck. **
Sterling MaterialsOperator
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 54
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2000–2025
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.
More recorded fatalities than 73% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
- Sterling Materialsthis operator2fatal54 total
- R .E. Janes Gravel Company1fatal53 total
- Wilder Construction Company1fatal53 total
- S W Barrick & Sons1fatal53 total
- Georgia Stone Industries, Inc.1fatal55 total
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
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 13 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 9 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS12 non-fatal
- MACHINERY5 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)5 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK4 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recordedVICTIM WAS ON A BELT CONVEYOR TO CUT OFF A LOOSE PIECE OF BELT. HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET TO THE GROUND BELOW. HE DIED ON JANUARY 11, 2011. HARD FROST THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT. FAILED TO WEAR COMPANY SUPPLIED SAFETY HARNESS.