On 6/13/2017 a continuous miner operator was moving the continuous miner out of the #3 entry on the #1 Section. As EE backed the miner out of the entry EE was caught between the head of the continuous miner and the coal rib. This resulted in fatal crushing injuries.
Rockwell Mining LLCOperator
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 336
- Mines on record
- 16
- Years on record
- 2015–2026
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 0% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
- Holnam Inc1fatal336 total
- Blue Mountain Energy Inc1fatal337 total
- Matrix Energy LLC1fatal338 total
- Buzzi Unicem USA1fatal339 total
- Rockwell Mining, LLCthis operator1fatal336 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
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 17 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS83 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON72 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK54 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE44 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)25 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Mines on record
- SHM-44WV
- SHM-75WV
- Harris Prep PlantWV
- Wells Prep Plant and LoadoutWV
- Rocklick Preparation PlantWV
- Gateway Eagle MineWV
- Matewan TunnelWV
- Campbells Creek No 10 MineWV
- Black Stallion UG MineWV
- Black Oak MineWV
- Glancy Surface MineWV
- EAGLE #3 MINEWV
- Flying EagleWV
- Coal Branch No.1 MineWV
- Chilton Deep Mine No.1WV
- COAL BRANCH NO. 2WV