Mining Incidents

Jeffery A HoopsController

MSHA Controller ID: C15863
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
475
Mines on record
77
Years on record
2000–2019

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
#103of 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

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 60 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 58 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS101 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON79 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK62 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)58 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2019
37
2018
69 (1f)
2017
69 (1f)
2016
38
2015
34
2014
18
2013
18
2012
19
2011
8
2010
1
2008
45
2007
37
2006
31
2005
8
2004
13
2003
4
2002
9
2001
6
2000
11

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The belt Foreman & 1 other employee made a belt splice on #7 mainline belt. Belt came on & foreman was dragged approx. 6-7 crosscuts before the belt stopped by a person making belt checks.

Struck against a moving object

Two bulldozers pushing in the same area, operators talking on CB. D9 operator is injured worker. D-11 is colleague. D9 stopped talking. D11 found that D9 had gone over highwall. Injured worker passed away from injuries sustained.