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Legacy Vulcan Corp (Form:Vulcan Materials Co)Controller

MSHA Controller ID: M00024
Fatalities
6
Total incidents
1,450
Mines on record
215
Years on record
2000–2007

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
94th

More recorded fatalities than 94% of controllers on file.

Rank
#28of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
3.0×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
6
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

  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 197 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 115 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 93 non-fatal
  • ELECTRICAL1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS323 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)145 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2007
139
2006
163 (1f)
2005
164
2004
156
2003
155 (2f)
2002
208 (1f)
2001
15

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

6 recorded
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Contact with electrical current

The employee suffered a fatal electrocution injury while engaged in positioning the electrical MCC building. The boom truck became energized when contacting overhead power lines.

CalMat Co
Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM WAS POSITIONING THE WEDGE BAR AND BOLT ASSEMBLY TO SECURE THE UPPER PLATE IN A STATIONARY JAW CRUSHER. APPARENTLY THE LINER SHIFTED AND FELL, STRIKING THE VICTIM.

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Fall down raise, shaft or manway

THE EE APPROACHED THE AIRPLANE FAN AREA TO REPOSITION THE END OF THE DISCHARGE HOSE. AS HE WALKED ACROSS THE RAISE ENCLOSURE FOR THE AIRPLANE FAN, A METAL PLATE ALONG THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE E NCLOSURE FAILED AND HE FELL INTO THE VENTILATIONSHAFT.

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE PERFORMED WORK ON THE CAT 910 PARKING BRAKE AND WAS TESTING IT TO SEE IF THE PARKING BRAKE WOULD HOLD. HE WAS OPERATING THE CAT 910 ON OR NEAR AN INCLINE. THE MACHINE OVERTURNED. HE W AS FOUND LYING BESIDE THE MACHINE. HE SUSTAINED FATAL INTERNAL INJURIES.