EMPLOYEE CONTACTED A 20 INCH HIGH PRESSURE GAS LINE WITH HIS LOADER BUCKET WHILE REMOVING OVERBURDEN. AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN WHICH HE WAS BURNED WHILE TRYING TO GET AWAY. HE PASSED AWAY AS A RESULT OF THESE BURNS ON 5-19-00.
Addington Mining, IncOperator
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 23
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 2000–2002
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 73% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
- Addington Mining, Incthis operator2fatal23 total
- Oconee County1fatal23 total
- Elmore Sand & Gravel, Inc1fatal23 total
- Energy Plus Inc1fatal23 total
- Mountain Aggregates, Inc1fatal23 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
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS8 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE6 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recordedDOZER WENT OVER SLOPE GOT SADDLEBAGGED ON ROCK CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL BLADE HIT STUMP CAUSING DOZER TO FLIP END FOR END. OPERATOR EJECTED CAUSING DEATH.