Mining Incidents

Metinvest B VController

MSHA Controller ID: 0085453
Fatalities
8
Total incidents
989
Mines on record
37
Years on record
2009–2026

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other controllers with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 590 controllers with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
96th

More recorded fatalities than 96% of controllers on file.

Rank
#22of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
3.9×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
8
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA controllers 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.

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE5 fatalities · 76 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 209 non-fatal
  • HOISTING1 fatality · 116 non-fatal
  • OTHER1 fatality · 20 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS176 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON96 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
8
2025
24
2024
26 (1f)
2023
26
2022
50 (1f)
2021
32 (1f)
2020
54
2019
58
2018
63 (1f)
2017
75 (1f)
2016
56
2015
52
2014
66
2013
57 (2f)
2012
105
2011
91
2010
95
2009
51 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

8 recorded
Struck by powered moving object

Employee was out of their truck and on the pit floor while the 993 (LD270) Loader was being trouble shot trying to find a leaking hose. While walking to their 785 truck the employee traveled under the bucket of the 993 loader and was struck causing severe crushing injuries from their waist down.

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

The sub-contractor was found unconscious in EE's vehicle by EE's co-worker. The car was locked, co-worker attempted to wake EE. Co-worker called 911, then got mine superintendent, who came to the scene, broke the window, removed EE from EE's car, and started CPR. EE was then pronounced deceased at the hospital.

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

Driver was at parked truck (#5 lot) to start pre-shift inspection. Truck started to move. Driver fell under the truck and truck ran over driver's legs from about the knee area down.

Struck by flying object

Employee, and six other employees, was traveling from the west mains section to the surface at end of their shift on a ten person diesel mantrip when a 50-ton roof jack struck the employee on the right side of the head. Employee was immediately transported to the surface and flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital. Employee passed away on the evening of 6/5/18.

Fall onto or against objects

The employee was found unresponsive at approximately 2:05 PM on the offside of the #1 belt at the portal entrance of the surface mine. Preliminary findings has determined the employee received fatal injuries when coming in contact with the belt conveyor.

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

The shuttle car operator was shoveling the coal rib in the 5-6 crosscut on #3 section at #18 break. This was the 2nd open crosscut outby the face of #6 entry. The scoop operator turned from #6 entry battery first into the crosscut and struck the shuttle car operator. The shuttle car operator sustained fatal injuries.

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

Scoop operator placed the scoop bucket over the edge of the elevator/hoist to eject a trash insert. Inadvertent movement of the elevator/hoist raised the scoop upward and the scoop operator ended up under the scoop deck suffering fatal injuries.

Struck by falling object

Employee was operating a remote control continuous miner. He was struck by a rock. He did not survive the injuries.