Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Cutter was fatally injured when he was struck by a falling tree.
Rag AktiengesellschaftController
MSHA Controller ID: C15532
- Fatalities
- 6
- Total incidents
- 1,416
- Mines on record
- 23
- Years on record
- 2000–2005
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
- Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated8fatal1,457 total
- Stillwater Mining Company6fatal1,428 total
- Legacy Vulcan Corp (Form:Vulcan Materials Co)6fatal1,450 total
- Rag Aktiengesellschaftthis controller6fatal1,416 total
- Drummond Company Inc3fatal1,402 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 BACK1 fatality · 157 non-fatal
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 108 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 64 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 9 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS248 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON160 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2005
13
2004
194 (1f)
2003
290 (2f)
2002
277 (1f)
2001
226
Operators under this controller
- Emerald Coal Resources LP232
- Cumberland Coal Resources LP176
- Rockspring Development Inc154
- Peabody Twentymile Mining LLC131
- Wabash Mine Holding Company125
- Laurel Creek Company Inc61
- Alpha Coal West, Inc.48
- Kingston Mining, Inc.40
- Simmons Fork Mining, Inc.19
- Kingston Processing Inc9
- Odell Processing Inc2
- Rivereagle Corporation1
- Pioneer Mining, Inc.1
- Plateau Mining Corporation1
Mines on record
- Foidel Creek MineCO
- Wabash MineIL
- CASE NO. 1KY
- Cumberland MinePA
- Emerald Mine No 1PA
- Willow Creek MineUT
- Kingston ProcessingWV
- Camp Creek MineWV
- Odell Processing Laurel LoadoutWV
- No 1WV
- ROCKSPRING PLANTWV
- Paynter Branch Surface MineWV
- Simmons Fork Surface MineWV
- Kingston No 1WV
- Muddy Bridge Branch No. 1 MineWV
- No 3WV
- No 4WV
- Kingston No. 2WV
- Ewing Fork No. 1 Surface MineWV
- Belle Ayr MineWY
- Eagle Butte MineWY
Fatalities under this controller
6 recordedStruck by flying object
VICTIM'S 3/4 TON PICK-UP TRUCK WAS PULLING SHOVEL TRAILING CABLE AND HAD BECOME STUCK OR THERE WAS LOSS OF TRACTION; THERE WAS A 2ND PICK-UP HOOKED UP TO THE 1ST TRUCK WITH A 1""NYLON ROPE. TH E ROPE WAS PLACED ON A HOOK WHILE TOWING; THE HOOK ON THE TOWING TRUCK FAILED CAUSING THE HOOK TO SLINGSHOT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF THE TOWED TRUCK, STRIKING THE VICTIM.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS RIB BOLTING CORNER IN #7 ENTRY AND NOTICED LOOSE RIB. HE WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TO OBTAIN A SCALING BAR WHEN RIB FELL, PINNING HIM AGAINST THE MACHINE.