Mining Incidents

Premier Granite Inc operator

Controlled by Eddy Gould
MSHA operator ID: L08597
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
15
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1983–1996
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
3
inspections on record
7
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 7 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1996
1
1995
1
1994
1 (1f)
1990
1
1989
3
1987
1
1986
2
1985
2
1984
2
1983
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
March 4, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Premier Granite Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING A FRONT END LOADER UP A DIRT RAMP AND WHEN HE POSITIONED THE MACHINE TOO CLOSE TO A 6-7 FOOT VERTICAL BANK, THE LEFT REAR TIRE SLID OFF THE BANK CAUSING THE MACHINE TO FLI P UPSIDE DOWN AND PINNING THE EMPLOYEE BENEATH.

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