Struck against a moving object
Employee was driving a fueling truck when it turned over. It was a single vehicle accident that resulted in the death of the driver. *I will send a revised form when I get more information.
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.Controller
MSHA Controller ID: 0041211
- Fatalities
- 16
- Total incidents
- 6,829
- Mines on record
- 252
- Years on record
- 2002–2016
Safety benchmark
Recorded fatalities relative to other controllers with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 590 controllers with at least one recorded fatality.
More recorded fatalities than 98% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
16
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Massey Energy Company55fatal6,541 total
- CONSOL Energy Inc32fatal7,548 total
- Robert E Murray19fatal7,836 total
- Peabody Energy Corporation18fatal7,184 total
- Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.this controller16fatal6,829 total
Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA controllers 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.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 66 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 12 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS259 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS179 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON110 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)103 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2016
291
2015
647 (2f)
2014
62
Operators under this controller
- Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC148
- Cumberland Coal Resources LP114
- Marfork Coal Company, LLC98
- Spartan Mining Company, LLC66
- Brooks Run South Mining, LLC56
- Kingston Mining, Inc.55
- Elk Run Coal Company, LLC53
- Emerald Coal Resources LP43
- Rockspring Development Inc39
- Dickenson-Russell Coal Co LLC36
- Aracoma Coal Company, LLC35
- Sidney Coal Company, LLC35
- Birch River Energy, LLC33
- Mill Branch Coal Corp.27
- Alpha Coal West, Inc.25
- Alex Energy Inc23
- Republic Energy LLC23
- Highland Mining Company17
- Black Castle Mining Company, LLC14
- Knox Creek Coal Corporation11
- Enterprise Mining Company, LLC8
- Independence Coal Co. LLC6
- Bandmill Coal, LLC6
- North Fork Coal Corporation5
- Pigeon Creek Processing Corporation4
- Litwar Processing Company, LLC2
- Delbarton Mining Company, LLC2
- Goals Coal Company2
- Power Mountain Coal Company2
- Kepler Processing Company LLC2
- Premium Energy LLC2
- Pioneer Fuel1
- Rum Creek Coal Sales1
- Peter Cave Mining Co.1
- Green Valley Coal Company, LLC1
- Omar Mining Company1
- Martin Co. Coal Corp1
- Road Fork Development Company, LLC1
- AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC1
Mines on record
- 1-C MineKY
- Mine #1KY
- Winifrede Surface MineKY
- PANTHER MINEKY
- Taylor Fork EnergyKY
- Mine No 5KY
- Process EnergyKY
- #9AKY
- M3 EnergyKY
- Cumberland MinePA
- Emerald Mine No 1PA
- BARRETT MINEPA
- PIGEON CREEKVA
- TOMS CREEK COMPLEXVA
- McClure River PlantVA
- Laurel MountainVA
- Tiller No 1VA
- Cherokee MineVA
- Deep Mine #26VA
- D-10 DorchesterVA
- North Fork #6VA
- Deep Mine #35VA
- Deep Mine 25VA
- Roaring Fork No 4VA
- OSAKAVA
- 88 StripVA
- DEEP MINE 41VA
- Deep Mine 37VA
- DEEP MINE 44VA
- Cabin Ridge Surface MineVA
- Road Fork #51 MineWV
- Chesterfield Prep PlantWV
- Brooke Prep PlantWV
- Mammoth Coal Processing Pl & Riv TippleWV
- Kingston ProcessingWV
- Kepler No. 1 Prep PlantWV
- Rum Creek Preparation PlantWV
- Camp Creek MineWV
- Goals Preparation PlantWV
- SPROUSE CREEK PROCESSING PLANTWV
- Delbarton Preparation PlantWV
- Litwar Preparation PlantWV
- Homer III ProcessingWV
- Birch River Energy Plant No 1WV
- Chess ProcessingWV
- Mine No 4WV
- Wyoming No 2WV
- Highland Coal Handling FacilityWV
- No 1 SurfaceWV
- Power Mountain ProcessingWV
- Castle MineWV
- North Surface MineWV
- Mine No 1WV
- Black Castle Mining Company, LLCWV
- ROCKSPRING PLANTWV
- Brushy EagleWV
- Marfork ProcessingWV
- Seng Creek PowelltonWV
- Black Knight IIWV
- Marsh Fork MineWV
- Kingston No 1WV
- Twilight Mtr Surface MineWV
- Tunnel MineWV
- Mountaineer Alma A MineWV
- Allegiance MineWV
- Jerry Fork EagleWV
- Trace Fork Surface MineWV
- Aracoma Alma Mine #1WV
- Hernshaw MineWV
- Ruby EnergyWV
- Beckley MineWV
- Superior Surface MineWV
- Poplar Ridge No 1 Deep MineWV
- Kingston No. 2WV
- Marmet DockWV
- Edwight Surface MineWV
- Ewing Fork No. 1 Surface MineWV
- Seven PinesWV
- Slip Ridge Cedar Grove MineWV
- Republic EnergyWV
- Cucumber MineWV
- Camp Branch MineWV
- Horse Creek EagleWV
- Allen Powellton MineWV
- Pax Load OutWV
- Laurel Coalburg Tunnel MineWV
- Roundbottom Powellton Deep MineWV
- Parker Peerless MineWV
- Reylas Surface MineWV
- SlabcampWV
- Alloy PowelltonWV
- Mine No 8WV
- Hunter Peerless MineWV
- Cook MineWV
- Horse Creek No 1WV
- SumterWV
- Jackson Bridge 1WV
- Cedar Grove #2 MineWV
- Lower War Eagle MineWV
- SHM 12-66WV
- Workman Creek SurfaceWV
- Belle Ayr MineWY
- Eagle Butte MineWY
Fatalities under this controller
16 recordedStruck by falling object
Employee was in the process of conducting his pre-shift exam on the section when he was found by another miner. He was pinned between a fallen rib and shuttle car that had been parked in the crosscut. The incident was not witnessed. Material that dislodged from the rib appeared to have struck the foreman on the right side of his body which resulted in fatal injuries.