EE WAS SETTING A TIMBER ALONG THE RIB WHEN THE RIB ROLLED OFF AND STRUCK HIM, TRAPPING HIM UNDERNEATH THE RIB, RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES. THE TOTAL RIB ROLL WAS APPROXIMATELY 26'LONG x 8' HIGH x 18"" THICK. ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO MSHA HOT LINE ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.
James River Coal CompanyController
- Fatalities
- 12
- Total incidents
- 2,608
- Mines on record
- 83
- Years on record
- 2000–2014
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.
- Walter Energy Incorporated23fatal2,359 total
- Martin Marietta Materials Inc19fatal2,775 total
- James River Coal Companythis controller12fatal2,608 total
- Cemex S A8fatal2,649 total
- Patriot Coal Corporation7fatal2,341 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 · 16 non-fatal
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 93 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 88 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 81 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK312 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS226 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Operators under this controller
- Bledsoe Coal Corporation224
- Blue Diamond Coal Co203
- McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp.152
- Bell County Coal Corporation116
- Rockhouse Creek Development, LLC86
- Leeco Incorporated74
- Triad Underground Mining L.L.C.43
- Shamrock Coal Company Inc37
- James River Coal Service Company30
- Triad Mining Inc.26
- Hampden Coal Company LLC5
- Chafin Branch Coal Co LLC2
- Leatherwood Processing Company2
Mines on record
- Switz CityIN
- Patoka RiverIN
- Freelandville MineIN
- Freelandville UndergroundIN
- Augusta MineIN
- South AugustaIN
- Flat CreekIN
- Log Creek SurfaceIN
- Freelandville West UndergroundIN
- Shamrock #18 SeriesKY
- NO. 77KY
- BEP HigniteKY
- Bevins Branch Preparation PlantKY
- #4KY
- CobraKY
- ViperKY
- Calvary No 81KY
- Mine #25KY
- FalconKY
- No. 64 PlantKY
- No. 76 PlantKY
- CE#6 Burke LoadoutKY
- No. 75KY
- No. 68KY
- #74KY
- Coal CreekKY
- Mine #16KY
- RaptorKY
- Mine #23KY
- Buckeye Strip #1KY
- KC #1KY
- Mine #15KY
- Commissary Surface JobKY
- Moseley SpurKY
- SHM-44WV
- Hampton Branch MineKY
- Mine #15aKY
- PhantomKY
- Dollar Branch MineKY
- S-28 Lewis CreekKY
- Hog TroughKY
- S-22 Long BranchKY
- Montgomery CreekKY
- Laurel Fork SurfaceKY
- Mine No. 12KY
- D-1 Garmeada #2KY
- Lick Branch StripKY
- Jellico No.1KY
- D-3 OldhouseKY
- No. 88KY
- TantroughKY
- #31KY
- Miniard Branch MineKY
- Poundmill Mine No 90KY
- Cabin HollowTN
- Gilbert PlantWV
- Gilbert Creek LoadoutWV
- Pete's Branch Surface MineWV
- No. 6WV
- No. 2WV
- No 3WV
- No. 8WV
- No. 3-A MineWV
- No. 6-A MineWV
Fatalities under this controller
12 recordedWorker took it on his self to cut belt line down without the use of the equipment that we was using to take it down with. He cut it then started walking away from it as it was falling. Then it caught the catwalk he was on and flipped him over the double hand rail on the catwalk and fell to the ground about 20 ft down.
At approx 5:20 pm a 40 ton articulating truck was traveling along a haulage road impacting a 63"" high berm. The truck traveled across the berm and fell 72 feet to the mine floor below. The victim was extracted from the truck by EMS and airlifted to the Hospital.
Employee got caught between the continuous miner and the coal rib suffering fatal injuries.
Injury was cleaning gob in 3 left with continous miner, he started backing out of crosscut when corner of rib rolled off on him receiving a fatal injury to his upper torso. Size of rib striking he was approx. 4'L x 36""W x 16"" thick.