Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
APPROXIMATELY 1:35 PM ON 12/06/2022, EE WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND AFTER BEING STRUCK BY REAR OPPOSITE OPERATOR SIDE TIRE. INVESTIGATION IN ONGOING AT THIS TIME.
Renco GroupController
MSHA Controller ID: M10271
- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 1,022
- Mines on record
- 9
- 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
- Ashland Inc11fatal996 total
- Metinvest B V8fatal989 total
- Carmeuse Holding SA4fatal1,127 total
- Renco Groupthis controller4fatal1,022 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
- POWERED HAULAGE3 fatalities · 72 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 18 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS205 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)188 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON145 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)127 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
10
2025
41
2024
41
2023
35
2022
31 (1f)
2021
39
2020
47
2019
38
2018
46
2017
52
2016
62
2015
58 (1f)
2014
44
2013
36
2012
18
2011
24
2010
35
2009
31 (1f)
2008
31
2007
33 (1f)
2006
28
2005
36
2004
46
2003
28
2002
32
2001
51
2000
27
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
4 recordedStruck by falling object
EE was fatally injured while performing the standard practice of scaling loose material using a mechanical scaler. Loose material fell from the back contacting the scaler and employee.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was looking for hydraulic leak and was struck in head by eject all plate. Employee received a massive head trauma and later became a fatality.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The worker was in process of adding Material to the base of the tailings dam at Brushy Creek Mine. The moxy haul truck was going down the slope of the dam when the driver lost control. As he tried to negotiate the turn near the bottom, the truck rolled over and landed on side in a 6' deep seep pond. Diver's body was found pinned under truck and in water.