Potash Company Of America · Struck by flying object
MINER RECEIVED BLOW TO RIGHT SIDE OF FOREHEAD WHEN HYDRAULICALLY POWERED DRILL PROPELLED BOLT WRENCH OUT OF THE DRILL HEAD SOCKET. HE DIED FIVE DAYS LATER.
Potash Company Of America operator
Controlled by
Ideal Basic Industries Inc
MSHA operator ID: L01276
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 15 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 32 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 22 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 11 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 8 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1985
33
1984
30
1983
35 (1f)
Mines on record
- H B Potash NM
Fatalities under this operator
1 recordedWatch this operator
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at any Potash Company Of America mine.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on Potash Company Of America
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.