Employee was cutting a metal band on a bundle of rib screen. When the band broke, the screen expanded and fell on his chest, pinning him between the screen and the Wagner scoop. The screen was lifted off the victim with a skid steer and no pulse was found. The victim was transported to hospital.
Oxbow Mining, LLCOperator
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 355
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2015
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.
- Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC5fatal349 total
- Panther Creek Mining LLC2fatal360 total
- Oxbow Mining, LLCthis operator2fatal355 total
- Lafarge Corporation1fatal359 total
- Mettiki Coal LLC1fatal348 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
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 fatality · 94 non-fatal
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 26 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK69 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON59 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL34 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE22 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recordedOPERATING SHEARER IN TAILGATE, FLIPPED COWL HEADING TO HEADGATE WHEN FITTING BROKE ON BACK FLUSHFILTER AT SHEILD 74. THE HOSE WITH ALL FITTINGS WHIPPED OUT TO FACE AND HIT VICTIM AT SHIELD 76. THE 4,2000 PSI HOSE WITH COUPLER ON THE END HIT VICTIM IN THE FACE RESULTING IN BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO FACE AND HEAD.