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Charles E Hamilton; Carroll HamiltonController

MSHA Controller ID: M01538
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
59
Mines on record
5
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.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of controllers on file.

Rank
#437of 590

Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.5×

Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.

This controller
1
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 · 7 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS15 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON15 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)9 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE6 non-fatal
  • STRIKING OR BUMPING2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
1
2024
2
2021
3
2020
2
2019
4
2018
1
2017
1
2016
1
2012
2
2011
1
2010
1
2009
4
2008
2
2007
1
2006
5
2005
3
2004
2
2003
9 (1f)
2002
7
2000
7

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
James Hamilton Construction Company
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE GUARD DIRECTLY OVER THE JAWAREA AND ACCESSED THE RAMP WHILE IT WAS STILL MOVING, RESULTING IN THE LEG FRACTURE.