Struck against a moving object
EE was involved in a traffic accident on the road that leads to the plant. EE was extricated from the vehicle and transported to the hospital where EE later died.
Taiheiyo Cement CorpController
MSHA Controller ID: M07897
- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 787
- Mines on record
- 33
- 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.
This controller
4
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Taiheiyo Cement Corpthis controller4fatal787 total
- Teck Resources Limited3fatal775 total
- Barrick Nevada Holding LLC; Newmont USA Limited3fatal774 total
- Donald Blankenberger2fatal772 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
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS2 fatalities · 6 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 128 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 50 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS268 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)99 non-fatal
- MACHINERY76 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
9
2025
23
2024
24
2023
36 (1f)
2022
38
2021
25
2020
17
2019
32
2018
19
2017
25
2016
30
2015
29
2014
27
2013
17
2012
11
2011
20
2010
20
2009
25
2008
28
2007
33
2006
40
2005
31
2004
31 (1f)
2003
39
2002
53 (1f)
2001
48
2000
57 (1f)
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- RILLITO QUARRYAZ
- RILLITO PLANTAZ
- ORANGE GROVEAZ
- AGUA FRIA PITAZ
- Twin Peaks AggregateAZ
- Diablo Plant # 136AZ
- New River PlantAZ
- Jackrabbit AggregatesAZ
- ORO GRANDE QUARRYCA
- Redding PlantCA
- Mojave Plant & QuarryCA
- Colton Plant & QuarryCA
- GAREY ROCK PLANTCA
- Baxter MineCA
- Rocky Canyon PlantCA
- Grimes Rock a CalPortland CompanyCA
- Colton AggregatesCA
- Scheerer QuarryCA
- Koehler QuarryOR
- Canby Sand & Gravel DBA CalPortlandOR
- Santosh DBA CalPortlandOR
- Linnton DBA CalPortlandOR
- Mats Mats QuarryWA
- Smokey Point PitWA
- Steilacoom PitWA
- VASHON SAND AND GRAVEL dba CalPortlandWA
- Snoqualmie S&G dba CalPortland CompanyWA
- Port of Vancouver DBA CalPortlandWA
- Dupont PitWA
- White River QuarryWA
- Cascade QuarryWA
- Sanderling DredgeOR
- HamiltonWA
Fatalities under this controller
4 recordedCaught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
FELL FEEDING ROCK BOX. THE ROCK BOX WAS PLUGGED W/ A LARGE BOULDER & 3 EMPLOYEE'S ASSESSED THE PROBLEM. LOCKOUT CONVEYOR LINE, CO-WORKER AT JAW TOWER AND FATALY INJURED EE TRIED USING A PRY BAR TO FREE PLUG & HE CRAWLED INTO THE ROCK BOX TWO TIMES, ON THE SECOND TIME MATERIAL ENGULFED HIM.
Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
THE WAS ASKED TO REMOVE SCREWS FROM A METAL ROOF DECK ON THE EAVE OF A ROOF. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, THE MINER REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE ELEVATED WORK PLATFORM (JLG AND GOT ON THE ROOF. HE ALSO VI OLATED COMPANYPOLICY IN PROCEEDING TO WORK IN AREAS OF THE ROOF WHILE NOT TIED-OFF. WHILE WORKING ON THE ROOF DECK, NOT IN FRONT OF THE JLG AND WHILE NOT TIED-OFF, HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
Struck by rolling or sliding object
CONCRETE BLOCK WALL FELL ON VICTIM. ACCIDENT WAS FATAL.