Struck against stationary object
OPERATOR BACKED DOZER OVER A HIGHWALL RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES.
17 West Mining IncOperator
Controlled by Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
MSHA Operator ID: P24312
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 30
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2004
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 0% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC2fatal30 total
- Plaza Materials Company1fatal30 total
- Salado Operations1fatal30 total
- Harshman Construction LLC1fatal30 total
- 17 West Mining Incthis operator1fatal30 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.
For counsel + compliance teams
Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under 17 West Mining Inc. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.
Top causes
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 5 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS8 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON6 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE4 non-fatal
- FIRE3 non-fatal
- OTHER2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2004
1
2003
1
2002
1
2001
12
2000
15 (1f)