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General Chemical; Andover Group controller

MSHA controller ID: M08522

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 444
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 2000–2008

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

536

citations

significant & substantial

$68,407

proposed penalties

$59,696

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 35 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 166 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 82 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 48 non-fatal
MACHINERY 32 non-fatal
HOISTING 21 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Operators under this controller

Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners 444

Mines on record

Tata Chemicals Mill WY
Tata Chemicals Mine WY

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

August 6, 2002 WY · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RAILCAR WAS POSITIONED IN THE EAST END OF NO. 12 TRACK CREATING A CLOSE CLEARANCE. THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE TO ALLOW AN EE RIDING ON THE SIDE OF RAILCAR TO PASS BY ANOTHER RAILCAR. T HE RAILCAR WAS BEING SHOVED THROUGH THE CROSSOVER TRACK LEADING TO THE COLD ASH SPOT.