While loading a face on level 3, NW2, the man basket of the powder truck raised up into the roof of the mine causing a fatal incident. The accident is still under investigation by the operator and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Carmeuse Holding SAController
- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 1,127
- Mines on record
- 50
- 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.
- TECO Energy Inc6fatal1,151 total
- Carmeuse Holding SAthis controller4fatal1,127 total
- S C R-Sibelco Nv3fatal1,132 total
- Blackhawk Mining LLC3fatal1,158 total
- Rio Tinto Group2fatal1,106 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 · 74 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 58 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 6 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS331 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON170 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)119 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Operators under this controller
- Carmeuse Lime Inc296
- Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc249
- O-N Minerals (Michigan) Company192
- O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company)111
- Carmeuse Lime & Stone58
- Pioneer Sands LLC26
- Drummond Dolomite, Inc.21
- Yager Materials Corp.15
- O-N Minerals Portage Company LLC8
- Texas Mining LP8
- Carl Schlegel Inc5
- Superior Minerals Company3
- O-N Minerals (Filler Products) Company3
- O-N Minerals (James River) Company3
- Crandell Bros. Trucking Co.1
- O-N Minerals (PenRoc) Company LP1
Mines on record
- LONGVIEW OPERATIONAL
- Orange County OperationCA
- Riverside OperationCA
- Colorado Springs OperationCO
- Imerys Ellijay Marble Hill MineGA
- Imerys Chatsworth OperationsGA
- Imerys Cisco MineGA
- Talona Mountain MIneGA
- South Chicago PlantIL
- Buffington PlantIN
- Portage OperationIN
- Underground Black River OperationKY
- Riverside StoneKY
- Plant Black River OperationKY
- Maysville MineKY
- Maysville Kiln PlantKY
- Riverside StoneKY
- O-N Minerals, Cedarville OperationMI
- O-N Minerals - Calcite OperationMI
- Drummond Dolomite, Inc.MI
- River Rouge FacilityMI
- Carmeuse, Port Inland OperationMI
- Carl Schlegel Inc Martin PitMI
- Dixon Rd.MI
- IslandMI
- Nixon RoadMI
- Savage PlantMN
- Millersville OperationsOH
- Maple Grove OperationsOH
- Grand River OperationOH
- Glass Rock OperationOH
- Select Materials-Millwood OperationOH
- Carmeuse Lime IncPA
- PenrocPA
- HANOVER LIME PLANTPA
- Chesney SurfaceTN
- Chesney UndergroundTN
- Lime PlantTN
- Voca SouthTX
- Brady PlantTX
- Voca WestTX
- Strasburg QuarryVA
- Winchester PlantVA
- Middletown QuarryVA
- Plant #2VA
- Rocky PointVA
- Plant #1VA
- Manitowoc PlantWI
Fatalities under this controller
4 recordedSupervisor pick-up was struck by haul truck, resulting in a fatality.
Victim was scaling in level 9 north 8 when a large rock fell from the roof crushing the cab of the scale machine causing fatal injuries. The accident is still under investigation by MSHA and the mine operator. The root cause analysis is not complete at this time.