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R G Kirkpatrick Sr. controller

MSHA controller ID: M09780

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
45
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2000–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
559
citations
202
significant & substantial
$664,326
proposed penalties
$423,335
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2018
1
2017
3 (1f)
2016
1
2014
1
2012
1 (1f)
2011
1
2010
4
2009
3
2008
3
2007
2
2006
4
2005
3
2003
5
2002
1
2001
4
2000
8

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
September 5, 2017 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
G S MATERIALS INC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The victim was the Kolberg Plant Operator. Employee may have been trying to perform maintenance on the tail pulley or conveyor belt, when employee became entangled in the conveyor system, causing fatal injuries. The operator is continuing to investigate the root cause(s) of this accident.

April 11, 2012 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
G S Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Miners were removing a counterweight from an excavator, standing side-by-side, when the counter-weight dropped unexpectedly to the ground.The victim stumbled backwards,fell landed on the back of his head on the shop floor. He was unresponsive during CPR. The autopsy report concludes the proximate cause of death as"commotio cerebri"noting also cardiac arrest.