Struck by powered moving object
The unit mechanic was traveling across the section. A ram car was traveling inby toward the miner. The car had only traveled a few feet inby when the employee was struck by the ram car.
Patriot Coal CorporationController
MSHA Controller ID: 0071611
- Fatalities
- 7
- Total incidents
- 2,341
- Mines on record
- 48
- Years on record
- 2007–2015
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 96% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
7
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Walter Energy Incorporated23fatal2,359 total
- James River Coal Company12fatal2,608 total
- Newmont Corporation10fatal2,157 total
- Patriot Coal Corporationthis controller7fatal2,341 total
- ACNR Holdings, Inc3fatal2,096 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 · 23 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 137 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 61 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS275 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON173 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)64 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
220
2014
410 (3f)
2013
370 (1f)
Operators under this controller
- Eastern Associated Coal LLC307
- Emerald Processing, LLC.108
- Speed Mining, LLC106
- Highland Mining Company LLC103
- Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC83
- Brody Mining LLC79
- Hobet Mining LLC41
- Midland Trail Energy, LLC40
- Remington LLC33
- Newtown Energy Inc30
- Apogee Coal Company LLC20
- Dodge Hill Mining Company LLC20
- Catenary Coal Company LLC12
- Heritage Coal Company LLC12
- Coyote Coal Company LLC4
- Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC1
- Little Creek LLC1
Mines on record
- Henderson County MineKY
- UC Processing, LLCKY
- Rough Creek MineKY
- FancoWV
- Federal No 2WV
- Farley Eagle MineWV
- South Hollow Prep Plant and LoadoutWV
- Harris Prep PlantWV
- Big Mountain Preparation PlantWV
- Little Creek DockWV
- Hobet MineWV
- Wells Prep Plant and LoadoutWV
- Hobet Prep PlantWV
- Speed MineWV
- Rocklick Preparation PlantWV
- Gateway Eagle MineWV
- Samples Surface MineWV
- Toms Fork Prep Plant and LoadoutWV
- Coal Clean Prep PlantWV
- Campbells Creek No 10 MineWV
- NORTH EAGLE MINEWV
- Guyan MineWV
- Coalburg Tunnel MineWV
- Black Stallion UG MineWV
- Black Oak MineWV
- Blue Creek Prep PlantWV
- Winchester UG MineWV
- Winchester Peerless Rachel MineWV
- Blue Creek No. 1 UG MineWV
- Endeavor Surface MineWV
Fatalities under this controller
7 recordedStruck by falling object
On 5/12/14 an event occurred at this mine which resulted in the entrapment of two (2) miners. Upon subsequent recovery it was determined that both miners had perished. The injured were fatally struck by coal/rock. An investigation is on-going. The causes are unknown.
Struck by falling object
On 5/12/14 an event occurred at this mine which resulted in the entrapment of two (2) miners. Upon subsequent recovery it was determined that both miners had perished. The injured were fatally struck by coal/rock. An investigation is on-going. The causes are unknown.
Struck by falling object
EE was fatally injured while installing a rib bolt in the 8 Right Crosscut on Unit 1 when a slick-n-side formation fell from the mine roof inby the ATRS of the bolt machine, struck the mine floor and protruded into the employees work area. The employee was struck against the back with the rock and caught between the drill pot/mast area of the Fletcher DDR-13 WT he was operating.