Struck against stationary object
Employee was operating a 4 yd mucker, MU452, on the 38W Level & was found fatally injured. Investigation is currently in progress.
Stillwater Mining CompanyController
MSHA Controller ID: M11292
- Fatalities
- 6
- Total incidents
- 1,428
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2017
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 94% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
6
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated8fatal1,457 total
- Rag Aktiengesellschaft6fatal1,416 total
- Legacy Vulcan Corp (Form:Vulcan Materials Co)6fatal1,450 total
- Stillwater Mining Companythis controller6fatal1,428 total
- Drummond Company Inc3fatal1,402 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 · 160 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 82 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS281 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON119 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK99 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)76 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2017
13
2016
42
2015
47
2014
61
2013
61
2012
56
2011
55 (1f)
2010
53
2009
53
2008
60
2007
67
2006
80
2005
75 (1f)
2004
88
2003
137
2002
52
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
6 recordedCaught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
An employee was attempting to repair air lock doors when he received a fatal crushing injury.