Struck by falling object
Operator was conducting remoting activities in an area known as the 2025 area when a large rock contacted the cab. Operator was found in the cab out past the designated no-go line and sustained fatal injuries.
Nyrstar Netherlands Holdings B.V.Controller
MSHA Controller ID: 0188563
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 21
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 2024–2026
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.
More recorded fatalities than 0% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
1
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- George R Beener2fatal21 total
- Patsy H Fell-Barker2fatal22 total
- Steve L Lawson1fatal21 total
- Pro Frac Holding Corp1fatal21 total
- Nyrstar Netherlands Holdings B.V.this controller1fatal21 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
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON5 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE2 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
3
2025
13 (1f)
2024
5