A loader bucket on a CAT R3000H came down and crushed an employee while in use, resulting in a fatality. The injured employee was operating a UTV (gator) in Unit 43 near the feeder breaker (Stamler) when the incident occurred. This incident is still under investigation.
Cargill IncController
- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 822
- Mines on record
- 6
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
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 92% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
- Taiheiyo Cement Corp4fatal787 total
- Cargill Incthis controller4fatal822 total
- James O Bunn; Franklin D Robertson3fatal843 total
- Holcim Ltd2fatal813 total
- Hecla Mining Company2fatal802 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 BACK2 fatalities · 9 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 43 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- HOISTING385 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS115 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON78 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
4 recordedRoof fell at the 700' level at intersection H-13 striking two miners. The miners were fatally injured.
Roof fell at the 700' level at intersection H-13 striking two miners. The miners were fatally injured.
Employee was in dump truck waiting to be loaded with bulk salt from under 150 ton bin to transfer it to the stockpile pad on Cargill Deicing property. He was being loaded with salt when the brackets from the bin gave way and landed on the cab of his truck pinning him inside.