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 89% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
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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Employee was out of their truck and on the pit floor while the 993 (LD270) Loader was being trouble shot trying to find a leaking hose. While walking to their 785 truck the employee traveled under the bucket of the 993 loader and was struck causing severe crushing injuries from their waist down.
The shuttle car operator was shoveling the coal rib in the 5-6 crosscut on #3 section at #18 break. This was the 2nd open crosscut outby the face of #6 entry. The scoop operator turned from #6 entry battery first into the crosscut and struck the shuttle car operator. The shuttle car operator sustained fatal injuries.
Scoop operator placed the scoop bucket over the edge of the elevator/hoist to eject a trash insert. Inadvertent movement of the elevator/hoist raised the scoop upward and the scoop operator ended up under the scoop deck suffering fatal injuries.