Mining Incidents

Blue Sky Quarries, Inc.Operator

Controlled by Massoud Besharat
MSHA Operator ID: L18019
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2010–2023

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
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#499of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
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.

For counsel + compliance teams

Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under Blue Sky Quarries, Inc.. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality
  • DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)1 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY1 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2023
1
2017
1 (1f)
2013
1
2011
1
2010
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Struck by falling object

Cracked stone fell and crushed employee. Employee didn't follow procedure. Employee's lanyard wasn't tied off and the employee was using a foot wedge and jackhammer with 1 1/4"" bit. Employee should have been using 3/4"" plug drill and 5"" tether and wedge. The employee was drilling from the base and should have been drilling at the top.