Struck by powered moving object
The employee stepped out of manhole and onto the slope and was struck by a slope tractor traveling down the slope.
Coronado Coal LLCController
MSHA Controller ID: 0109921
- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 729
- Mines on record
- 18
- Years on record
- 2013–2026
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 92% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
4
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Coronado Coal LLCthis controller4fatal729 total
- Kinross Gold Corp3fatal730 total
- Alcoa Inc3fatal742 total
- Chevron Corporation3fatal760 total
- Graymont Ltd1fatal741 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 HAULAGE3 fatalities · 41 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 158 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS161 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON83 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)66 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS57 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
18
2025
62 (1f)
2024
78 (1f)
2023
73
2022
61
2021
46
2020
36
2019
57
2018
59
2017
64 (1f)
2016
57 (1f)
2015
74
2014
35
2013
9
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Buchanan Mine #1VA
- Saunders Preparation PlantWV
- Elk Lick TippleWV
- Midland Trail Mine No 2WV
- Laurel Fork MineWV
- Toney Fork Surface MineWV
- Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Prep PlantWV
- Pocahontas MineWV
- MOUNTAINEER POCAHONTAS NO 1 MINEWV
- Mountaineer Pocahontas No 3 MineWV
- Powellton #1 MineWV
- Kuhn RidgeWV
- Lower War EagleWV
- Pollock Knob Surface MineWV
- Muddy BridgeWV
- Eagle No 1 MineWV
- Elklick Surface MineWV
- North Fork Winifrede Deep MineWV
Fatalities under this controller
4 recordedStruck by falling object
Employee was struck-by a rock in the 2 Right crosscut of the 16 East Section, while traveling under unsupported roof.
Fall from machine
Truck bed turned over while dumping after load failed to clear from bed. This caused the truck to tip up on passenger side tires-truck did not turn over or sustain any damage. Material was wet and damp and temp. was cold. Driver chose not to use bed treatment station provided by company. Trailer appeared to be loaded toward the front. Driver chose to jump from truck.
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
There were no witnesses to the event. Employee was found with right arm caught by the hold up roller of the remote discharge of the #1 conveyor. When found by crew members, employee was not responsive. Employee was transported to the surface when employee was pronounced deceased.