Struck by falling object
Treecutter was cutting a tree that had another tree leaning into it. Cutter was fatally injured when the leaning tree fell on him.
Ashland IncController
MSHA Controller ID: C00012
- Fatalities
- 11
- Total incidents
- 996
- Mines on record
- 28
- Years on record
- 2000–2006
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 97% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
11
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Ashland Incthis controller11fatal996 total
- Metinvest B V8fatal989 total
- Renco Group4fatal1,022 total
- Carmeuse Holding SA4fatal1,127 total
- Rio Tinto Group2fatal1,106 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
- POWERED HAULAGE3 fatalities · 81 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL3 fatalities · 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 fatalities · 137 non-fatal
- MACHINERY2 fatalities · 103 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 19 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS180 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2006
4
2005
109
2004
134 (3f)
2003
154 (1f)
2002
198 (5f)
2001
180 (1f)
2000
217 (1f)
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Captain MineIL
- Darby MineKY
- Huff Creek MineKY
- Days Creek StockpileKY
- D-30 Clover ForkKY
- Band Mill 2KY
- PARDEE PLANT/LOADOUTVA
- LONE MOUNTAIN PLANTVA
- 6C MineVA
- Pardee SurfaceVA
- BAND MILL MINEVA
- Dogwood #3VA
- FancoWV
- Monclo Preparation Plant/ImpoundmentWV
- Wylo MineWV
- Hobet MineWV
- Crown Hill DockWV
- Hobet Prep PlantWV
- Eagle Creek No 5 MineWV
- RuffnerWV
- Samples Surface MineWV
- Point Lick Surface FacilityWV
- Toms Fork Prep Plant and LoadoutWV
- Slab ForkWV
- Guyan MineWV
- Seminoe II MineWY
- Medicine Bow MineWY
- Black ThunderWY
Fatalities under this controller
11 recordedContact with electrical current
HE WAS ASSISTING A CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN IN INSTALLING A 7200 VOLT PLUG (CATHEAD) WHEN HE APPARENTLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ENERGIZED RECEPTACLE ON THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX (VCB). THIS RESULTED IN A FATAL.
Contact with electrical current
EE was making electrical repairs to the load side loop on a deenergized pole mounted solid blade disconnect switch. He had finished the repair work and was starting to come down the pole. Some how he received an electrical shock and fell down the pole.
Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
AFTER OVERSEEING THE ACTIVITIES OF CONTRACTORS WORKING ON THE BELT 614 LEVEL, EMPLOYEE LEFT AND WENT UP THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS TO THE 612 BELT LEVEL WHERE THE ELEVATOR TO THE SURFACE WAS LOCA TED. WITHIN A MINUTE OR TWO OF LEAVING, HE FELL THROUGH A 4X4 OPENING THAT HAD BEEN USED TO LOWER PARTS. THE HOLE HAD FLAGGING AT ALL ENTRIES AT LEAST 4' FROM THE EDGE. HE FELL 19' TO THE BEL
Struck by powered moving object
EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED HIS SHIFT AS A DRAGLINE OILER. HE WAS SEEN LEAVING. AT SOME POINT, HE CAME BACK TO THE MACHINE. IT IS THEORIZED THAT HE CAME BACK FOR HIS CELL PHONE WHICH WAS DISCOV ERED LEFT BEHIND ON THE MACHINE. HE FAILED TO NOTIFY THE OPERATOR THAT HE WAS BACK AND HE WAS TO BOARD THE MACHINE. HE WAS APPARENTLY STRUCK BY THE RIGHT DRAGLINE SHOE WHILE BOARDING.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE VICTIM WAS HAULING REFUSE FINES -100 MESH TO THE IMPOUNDMENT. HE WAS BACKING THE TRUCK TO THE DUMPING POINT WHEN FOR SOME REASON. HE TURNED THE TRUCK THROUGH THE BERM. THE TRUCK TURNED TO THE LEFT SIDE AND SLID DOWN THE EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST ON IT'S LEFT SIDE, SUBMERGING THE CAB INTO THE IMPOUNDMENT MATERIALS.
Contact with electrical current
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A POWER DISTRIBUTION BOXTO DETERMINE WHY A CIRCUIT BREAKER WOULD NOT OPERATE. HE APPARENTLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ENERGIZED CIRCUIT DURING THE TROUBLE SHOOTING PROCES S.
Struck by falling object
EE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE 8 SHOVEL. EYEWITNESS SAYS ""A LARGE ROCK CAME DOWN AND HIT THE 86 DIRECTLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROPS...SMASHING THE CAB."" EE WAS KILLED INSTANTANEOUSLY BY THE IMPACT ACCORDING TO THE DEPUTY CORONER.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND LAYING ON THE MINE FLOOR, APPROXIMATELY 25'INBY SPAD #15181 IN THE #4 ENTRY ON THE 3 RIGHT PANEL, 001 RETREAT MINING SECTION. HE HAD APPARENTLY BEEN RAN OVER BY A BATTERY POWERED COAL HAULER.
Struck by powered moving object
DRIVER GOT OUT OF TRUCK, NOT SETTING PARK BRAKES, PULLED HAND BRAKE. WAS FOUND PASSENGER SIDE OF TRAILER WITH SERVICE LINE DISCONNECTED. DRIVER WAS LAYING ON GROUND HEAD TOWARD FRON OF TRUCK, TANDEMS HAD RUN OVER LEGS, STOMACH AND CHEST AREA. TRUCK WAS RUNNING AND HAD MOVED APPROXIMATELY 16' HITTING TRUCK IN FRONT.
Drowning
CONTRACTOR FELL THROUGH PUNCH PLATE DECKING INTO RAW COAL CLASSIFYING CYCLONE AND DROWN.