Struck by powered moving object
At approximately 05.12am on the 12th March 2026, a mechanic was struck by a drill boom in a surface workshop, causing fatal injuries.
Rio Tinto GroupController
MSHA Controller ID: M01812
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 1,106
- Mines on record
- 16
- 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 73% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
2
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- TECO Energy Inc6fatal1,151 total
- Carmeuse Holding SA4fatal1,127 total
- S C R-Sibelco Nv3fatal1,132 total
- Blackhawk Mining LLC3fatal1,158 total
- Rio Tinto Groupthis controller2fatal1,106 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
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 107 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS281 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON210 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)119 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE92 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
9 (1f)
2025
56
2024
38
2023
21
2022
19
2021
21
2020
24
2019
27
2018
20
2017
18
2016
30
2015
21
2014
23
2013
38
2012
24
2011
33
2010
17
2009
31
2008
34 (1f)
2007
58
2006
55
2005
59
2004
55
2003
65
2002
90
2001
86
2000
28
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Boron OperationsCA
- Humboldt MillMI
- Eagle MineMI
- Three Forks MillMT
- Yellowstone MineMT
- Sappington MillMT
- RIDGEWAY MINESC
- Houston MillTX
- Bingham Canyon MineUT
- Utah Concentrator NorthUT
- Kennecott Keystone UndergroundUT
- Copperton ConcentratorUT
- Kennecott Barneys Canyon MiningUT
- Ludlow MillVT
- WEST WINDSOR MILLVT
- Hecla Greens Creek MineAK
Fatalities under this controller
2 recordedStruck by falling object
All we know is a call came 10/29/08 about 8:00 a.m. that we had a fatal accident at Kennecott; our driver was killed by a pipe falling off the top of load on trailer. All Bob Orton Trucking does is haul the load (this load from WL Plastics Corp, Cedar City, Utah). We do not load or unload product.