Mining Incidents

Wheeler Construction Company Inc: 1 recorded fatality operator

Controlled by Ralph H Wheeler
MSHA operator ID: 0114526

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$421
proposed penalties
$421
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
2
inspections on record
83
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: 83 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$421
proposed penalties
$421
current assessed
$421
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 100.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2010
1 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
October 7, 2010 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Wheeler Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Haul truck was dumping a load of dirt when the dozer operator approched from blind side to get driver's attention when he was struck by the truck and was fatally injured.

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Where Wheeler Construction Company Inc stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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