Struck by falling object
Two employees were in route to begin shift loading holes in #11 Pit. As they traveled into the West end of this pit and attempted to drive up ramp onto work area the highwall collapsed resulting in death to both employees.
Armstrong Energy IncController
MSHA Controller ID: 0066691
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 429
- Mines on record
- 12
- Years on record
- 2007–2018
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 73% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
2
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Sibanye Stillwater Limited4fatal426 total
- Iracoal Incorporated2fatal431 total
- Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc2fatal435 total
- Armstrong Energy Incthis controller2fatal429 total
- Energy Future Holdings Corporation1fatal435 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
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL2 fatalities · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS130 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK99 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON51 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE39 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)39 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2018
5
2017
49
2016
34
2015
59
2014
86
2013
56
2012
41
2011
31 (2f)
2010
28
2009
26
2008
13
2007
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
2 recordedStruck by falling object
Two employees were in route to begin shift loading holes in #11 Pit. As they traveled into the West end of this pit and attempted to drive up ramp onto work area the highwall collapsed resulting in death to both employees.