Struck by falling object
A continuous miner operator was mining in the number one entry when employee was struck by a rock in by permanent roof supports. This resulted in a fatality.
J Clifford Forrest IIIController
MSHA Controller ID: C07485
- Fatalities
- 6
- Total incidents
- 1,742
- Mines on record
- 58
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
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 94% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
6
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Barrick Gold Corp11fatal1,682 total
- Vulcan Materials Company9fatal1,658 total
- Grupo Mexico S A B de C V7fatal1,687 total
- J Clifford Forrest IIIthis controller6fatal1,742 total
- Lafarge S A4fatal1,865 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 ROOF OR BACK2 fatalities · 159 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 67 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS354 non-fatal
- MACHINERY111 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON81 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)77 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
13
2025
51
2024
53
2023
57
2022
72
2021
68 (1f)
2020
42
2019
64
2018
53 (1f)
2017
58
2016
30
2015
72 (1f)
2014
102
2013
101
2012
126
2011
38
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- CASSELMAN MINEMD
- TuskyOH
- Bergholz 7OH
- Tusky PrepOH
- Vail MineOH
- ShawPA
- Clymer Prep PlantPA
- Lady Jane PlantPA
- JoePaPA
- Darmac No. 2 MinePA
- Dutch Run Coal Preparation PlantPA
- Tom's Run MinePA
- Tracy LynnePA
- Indiana CountyPA
- DUTCH RUNPA
- Beaver ValleyPA
- Parkwood MinePA
- Twin Rocks MinePA
- Logansport MinePA
- NoloPA
- Clementine MinePA
- Mc Ville Prep PlantPA
- Ondo Extension MinePA
- Bigler Prep PlantPA
- MADISON MINEPA
- Maintenance ShopPA
- CHERRY TREE MINEPA
- Portage PlantPA
- LOWRY MINEPA
- CRESSONPA
- BARRETT MINEPA
- Penfield MinePA
- Mine 78PA
- Logansport Preparation PlantPA
- KNOB CREEKPA
- HeilwoodPA
- KOCJANCICPA
- BRUSH VALLEYPA
- T.J.S. No. 6 MinePA
- Long RunPA
- HARMONY MINEPA
- Mine 78 Preparation PlantPA
- Coral-GracetonPA
- Starford MinePA
- Allegheny StripsPA
- CROOKED CREEK MINEPA
- MINE 78 - ST. MICHAEL TREATMENT PLANTPA
- Crooked Creek Prep PlantPA
Fatalities under this controller
6 recordedCaught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The CM had backed out of the number one entry and began tramming to the number two entry when ee noticed the front MBC on the attached system did not pull ahead. At that time, the victim was found at the MBC suffering from crushing injuries. This resulted in a fatality.
Struck by falling object
On February 20, 2015, a fatal accident occurred in the #2 slope entry of the A Mains, MMU 001. The roof bolter operator received crushing injuries during the bolting process.