Miner used a front-end loader to carve a path into stacked material, then exited the loader and entered the newly-carved path on foot. The newly-created unstable wall of the material collapsed and covered the miner, causing a fatality.
Teichert IncController
MSHA Controller ID: M01688
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 216
- Mines on record
- 21
- 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
- Andalex Resources B V3fatal219 total
- The Heritage Group2fatal220 total
- Compass Minerals International, Inc.2fatal209 total
- Scott Simplot1fatal219 total
- Teichert Incthis controller1fatal216 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
- OTHER1 fatality · 9 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS69 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON35 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)33 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE26 non-fatal
- MACHINERY22 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
2
2025
1
2024
2
2023
2
2022
3 (1f)
2021
5
2020
3
2019
1
2018
4
2017
6
2016
6
2015
3
2014
4
2013
2
2012
2
2011
8
2010
9
2009
8
2008
6
2007
22
2006
21
2005
17
2004
13
2003
11
2002
24
2001
14
2000
17
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Martis Valley PlantCA
- Perkins PlantCA
- WATERFORD PIT & MILLCA
- Tracy PlantCA
- Woodland PlantCA
- Hallwood PlantCA
- Vernalis PlantCA
- Truckee QuarryCA
- Boca QuarryCA
- Western Aggregates LLCCA
- Esparto PlantCA
- WINTON PIT & MILLCA
- Portable Rock Plant @ Hallwood #1224CA
- Portable Plant #1106CA
- Prairie CityCA
- Teichert-Grantline PlantCA
- Cool Cave QuarryCA
- Portable Recrush Plant #1263CA
- Marysville PlantCA
- Santa Fe Aggregates PortableCA
- Spanish Springs QuarryNV
Fatalities under this controller
1 recordedStruck by rolling or sliding object