Struck by falling object
Operator was conducting remoting activities in an area known as the 2025 area when a large rock contacted the cab. Operator was found in the cab out past the designated no-go line and sustained fatal injuries.
Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLCOperator
Controlled by Nyrstar Netherlands Holdings B.V.
MSHA Operator ID: 0073683
- Fatalities
- 5
- Total incidents
- 349
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 2006–2026
Safety benchmark
Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.
More recorded fatalities than 97% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
This operator
5
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLCthis operator5fatal349 total
- Baylor Mining, Inc.3fatal346 total
- Rogers Group, Inc.3fatal344 total
- Oxbow Mining, LLC2fatal355 total
- Mettiki Coal LLC1fatal348 total
Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators 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.
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Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 78 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 45 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 17 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 14 non-fatal
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 8 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS81 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
3
2025
13 (1f)
2024
13
2023
18
2022
19
2021
21 (3f)
2020
7
2019
6
2018
7
2017
7
2016
18
2015
17
2014
20
2013
19
2012
23
2011
28
2010
29
2009
13
2008
36
2007
27 (1f)
2006
5
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
5 recordedStruck by falling object
Employee was conducting ground control measures when a rock fell striking the employee while high scaling.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A group solely comprised of RWS contractors [MSHA Contractor ID B5045] was working in the mine. A pump sitting on a trailer was moved by RWS contractors by a telehandler, without notification to Nyrstar. RWS hitched the trailer to their telehandler. RWS pulled the trailer up a ramp. The trailer hitch broke. An individual RWS EE traveling on foot behind the trailer was struck
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A rail haulage offsider was riding back to the chute to get another load when the locomotive over traveled into the chute causing fatal injuries to the offsider rail employee.
Fall down raise, shaft or manway
Employee was working approximately 550' down in elevator shaft, working off top of elevator. Beam came loose that was thought to be secured. Employee fell from top of elevator to bottom of shaft, resulting in his death.