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.
West Ridge Resources IncOperator
- 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.
More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
- Riverside Cement Co2fatal308 total
- Revelation Energy, LLC.2fatal307 total
- Continental Cement Company, LLC1fatal309 total
- Leeco, Inc.1fatal310 total
- West Ridge Resources Incthis operator1fatal308 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
- 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