Mining Incidents

West Ridge Resources IncOperator

Controlled by Robert E Murray
MSHA Operator ID: P24143
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
308
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2000–2016

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
#717of 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.

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Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 22 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS122 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON41 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)27 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY26 non-fatal
  • FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL25 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2016
1
2015
8
2014
12 (1f)
2013
24
2012
31
2011
40
2010
29
2009
28
2008
26
2007
29
2006
20
2005
15
2004
15
2003
9
2002
6
2001
7
2000
8

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was operating the company #24-43 Wagner ST 2DS Can-setter at x-cut #11 in B Canyon,#2 entry in the 23rd East intake. When the victim was found, he was unconscious & unresponsive, his mid torso was pinned in the articulation area of the machine. His feet were in the cab & he was seated in the seat. CPR was administered. The victim was pronounced dead upon arriving on the surface.