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Benjamin R. BennettController

MSHA Controller ID: C00015
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
385
Mines on record
17
Years on record
2000–2013

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
73th

More recorded fatalities than 73% of controllers on file.

Rank
#156of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.0×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
2
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

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 28 non-fatal
  • FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 12 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS113 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK72 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON52 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)31 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2013
2
2012
8
2011
19 (1f)
2010
53
2009
26
2008
25
2007
33
2006
28
2005
13
2004
8
2003
24
2002
40
2001
55
2000
51 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc.
Struck by falling object

Employee was watching the cable on the dolly when the rib rolled off crushing him. Rib measured approximately 82 by 36 by 11 inches.

Manalapan Mining Company Inc
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE FATALLY INJ PERSON WAS TRAMMING THE JOY CONTMINER ACROSS THE SECTION WHEN HE STOPPED TO THROW THE MINER CABLE OUT OF THE WAY-HE WAS BETWEEN THE MINER & COAL RIB. IN THE PROCESS OF THROWING THE CABLE HE INADVERNTLY HIT THE TRAM LEVER CAUSING THE MINER TO SLIDE INTO THE RT RIB CRUSHING HIM