Employee of Adams Trucking was weedwacking brush. Blade on weedwacker hit guide wire for electrical pole. The wire was severed and the tension pulled it back toward the transformers on the pole. the guide wire came in contact with a bare wire. At this time we assume electricity went to ground causing fatality. Under Investigation.
Minerals Technologies IncController
MSHA Controller ID: M00362
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 511
- Mines on record
- 14
- 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 0% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
1
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Titan Cement International S A2fatal495 total
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc; ArcelorMittal1fatal516 total
- Vistra Energy1fatal521 total
- Warrior Met Coal Intermediate Holdco LLC1fatal493 total
- Minerals Technologies Incthis controller1fatal511 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
- ELECTRICAL1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS213 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON84 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE54 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)49 non-fatal
- MACHINERY43 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
3
2025
9
2024
18
2023
20
2022
22
2021
12
2020
7
2019
20
2018
20
2017
18
2016
25
2015
23
2014
8
2013
8
2012
7
2011
9
2010
6
2009
9
2008
13
2007
18
2006
30 (1f)
2005
26
2004
37
2003
25
2002
29
2001
36
2000
53
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
1 recordedContact with electrical current