Struck by falling object
Fall of the roof or back resulting in a fatal injury.
Keith JonesController
MSHA Controller ID: 0098833
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 39
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 2011–2023
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.
More recorded fatalities than 73% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
2
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Rory Williams; James Williams2fatal38 total
- Keith Jonesthis controller2fatal39 total
- O Paul Leonard Jr1fatal39 total
- The Chemours Company1fatal39 total
- William R Snoddy1fatal40 total
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
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 5 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS11 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON9 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2023
1
2022
4
2021
1
2020
5
2019
1
2018
3 (1f)
2017
1
2016
3
2015
6 (1f)
2014
2
2013
3
2012
5
2011
4
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
2 recordedStruck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was operating a jumbo on an incline in the main haulage. The operator drifted to the right rib and the spare drill steel in the drill steel rack came in contact with the right rib. The drill steel gained pressure breaking the drill steel rack striking employee with the drill steel in the head causing a fatal blow.