Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was standing on 172 shield and advancing 173 shield towards the face. The employee was found with an injury to the back of the head at 171 shield.
Arch Resources IncController
MSHA Controller ID: C15561
- Fatalities
- 21
- Total incidents
- 3,072
- Mines on record
- 74
- Years on record
- 2000–2025
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 99% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
21
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Arch Resources Incthis controller21fatal3,072 total
- Martin Marietta Materials Inc19fatal2,775 total
- CRH PLC11fatal2,979 total
- Heidelberg Materials AG10fatal3,415 total
- Cemex S A8fatal2,649 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 HAULAGE4 fatalities · 67 non-fatal
- MACHINERY2 fatalities · 85 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL2 fatalities · 11 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 214 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS240 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON124 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2024
79 (4f)
2023
81
2022
56
2021
78 (2f)
2020
64
2019
86
2018
87 (1f)
2017
133
2016
106 (2f)
2015
118
2014
111
Operators under this controller
- Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC188
- Wolf Run Mining LLC181
- Mingo Logan Coal LLC170
- ICG Beckley LLC118
- ICG Tygart Valley94
- Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.80
- ICG-Illinois, LLC68
- Lone Mountain Processing LLC65
- Coal-Mac LLC19
- Cumberland River Coal LLC9
- Vindex Energy LLC2
- Powell Mountain Energy LLC2
- ICG Eastern LLC1
- KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC1
- Arch Coal Terminal Inc1
- ICG Hazard, LLC1
Mines on record
- West Elk MineCO
- Viper MineIL
- Darby MineKY
- Lockwood DockKY
- Supreme Energy Prep PlantKY
- Huff Creek MineKY
- Thunder RidgeKY
- Days Creek StockpileKY
- D-30 Clover ForkKY
- Mine #1KY
- Trace Fork 1 MineKY
- CABIN RUNMD
- 6C MineVA
- PINE BRANCH 1VA
- Leer South MineWV
- BECKLEY POCAHONTAS MINEWV
- Holden No 22 Preparation PlantWV
- Dobbin Ridge Prep PlantWV
- Birch River MineWV
- Leer South Preparation PlantWV
- Holden #22 SurfaceWV
- Mountaineer II MineWV
- Cardinal Preparation PlantWV
- Imperial MineWV
- Leer Prep PlantWV
- LEER MINEWV
- Beckley Pocahontas PlantWV
- Black ThunderWY
- Coal Creek MineWY
Fatalities under this controller
21 recordedStruck by falling object
The employee received a fatal injury after being struck by falling rock.
Fall from machine
Employee was shoveling coal off a conveyor belt, belt moved forward causing miner to fall down transfer chute onto belt conveyor that transferred EE to stacker tube where EE fell onto coal pile.
Struck by powered moving object
Employee received head injuries while attempting to re-rail a Longwall electrical power car using air lifting bags in the 10 Headgate-16 block spur.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A fatal incident occurred while traveling the external slope on a rubber tired four wheeler.
Struck by falling object
A Millwright drove the pins out of a 200-ton crane boom to change out a section and the boom fell on employee.
Struck by rolling or sliding object
The victim was servicing/working on the C/M around the scrubber motor area when a piece of the coal rib measuring approx. 3'L x 2'H x 15""T rolled out crushing the victim against the machine.
Struck against stationary object
Diesel Motor operator was found on the motor unresponsive, the exact cause of death is unknown at this time.
Struck by rolling or sliding object
While workers were cleaning up material that was removed from a new coal transfer borehole using a continuous miner, a section of rib/brow fell from the inby portion of the entry and continued outby pulling rib bolts. The material rolled down the rib and struck the miner operator causing fatal crushing injuries to chest and abdomen.