Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Employee was performing cleaning and maintenance. They began work around 7 pm and was discovered by coworkers on the ground below the area of work. It is believed they fell.
MLCOperator
Controlled by HBM Holdings Company
MSHA Operator ID: L01289
- Fatalities
- 6
- Total incidents
- 462
- Mines on record
- 7
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
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
6
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- MLCthis operator6fatal462 total
- Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc2fatal472 total
- Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC1fatal465 total
- U.S. Steel Mining Company, LLC1fatal467 total
- FMC Corp1fatal468 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
- MACHINERY2 fatalities · 41 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL2 fatalities · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 fatality · 147 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 94 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)49 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)46 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
5
2025
23 (1f)
2024
14
2023
14
2022
8
2021
15
2020
30
2019
12
2018
18
2017
14
2016
31
2015
9
2014
20 (2f)
2013
17
2012
14
2011
16
2010
17
2009
10
2008
14
2007
12 (1f)
2006
13
2005
9
2004
15
2003
15
2002
22 (1f)
2001
28
2000
47 (1f)
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
6 recordedFall from machine
The employees were scaling from a man basket on a boom truck when large slabs struck the boom causing it to separate from the truck.
Fall from machine
Employee was scaling from a man basket on a boom truck when large slabs of rock struck the boom causing it to separate from the boom.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE and other co-workers were trying to connect a 42-in. inlet duct to a top reversal box through an opening in the building. The EE was inside the building between the inlet duct and reversal box. When the inlet duct unexpectedly came through the opening, it struck the injured employee in the head causing severe head injury resulting in death on 6/19/2007.
Struck by falling object
WHILE ON THE GROUND SPOTTING FOR THE MAINTENANCECREW HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A DUST COLLECTOR BAG FULL OF LIME. EMPLOYEE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY THE CORONER.
Struck against stationary object
THE DECEASED WAS ASKED TO EXAMINE A CORNER OF A PILLAR BY THE SCALERS. HE GOT IN HI-RANGER BASKET W/O FALL LPROTECTION OVER THE OBJECTION OF SCALER (1 1/2 YRS EXP). WHILE INSPECTING THE PILL AR, THE BASKET BECAME HUNG UP ON THE SIDE OF THE PILLAR, WHEN IT BROKE FREE. THE BOOM SPRUNG AND THREW BOTH MEN OUT. THE SCALER WAS SAVED BY HIS FALL PROTECTION. THE POWDERMAN FELL APPROX 5