Struck against a moving object
Employee was transporting material down slope A. Slope A belt shut off on a fault. Upon investigation of cause of fault, employee was discovered at the bottom of slope A.
M-Class Mining LLCOperator
Controlled by Foresight Energy Labor LLC
MSHA Operator ID: 0088324
- Fatalities
- 5
- Total incidents
- 562
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2008–2026
Safety benchmark
Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.
More recorded fatalities than 97% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
This operator
5
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- M-Class Mining LLCthis operator5fatal562 total
- US Silica Company2fatal560 total
- Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper2fatal572 total
- The Marshall County Coal Company1fatal559 total
- Lafarge North America, Inc.1fatal567 total
Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators 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.
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Top causes
- MACHINERY2 fatalities · 48 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 75 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 35 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 12 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS159 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK95 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
5
2025
36
2024
23
2023
19
2022
22
2021
27
2020
25
2019
54
2018
43
2017
50
2016
41
2015
34 (1f)
2014
49 (1f)
2013
39 (1f)
2012
41
2011
29
2010
13 (1f)
2009
11 (1f)
2008
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
5 recordedCaught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The victim and another miner were tramming the roof bolter outby down the No.3 entry of tailgate No.1 when the accident occurred. The victim was injured when he was struck by the roof bolter as he placed himself between the coal rib and the roof bolter.
Struck by falling object
Employee was shoveling coal into the Longwall pan line. A piece of coal fell from the face striking the employee. Employee was standing under shield #123 on the Longwall face at the time of the accident.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was struck when a stair stringer, secure in 4 locations, inadvertently released, striking employee in the chest area, thereby forcing him into a Genie manlift located approximately 8-10 feet from the point of contact with the stair stringer.
Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
A piece of grating had been moved to insert a piece of pipe. Employee stepped in hole in grating and fell 38' down the shaft. Injury was fatal.