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Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLCOperator

Controlled by Warrior Met Coal Intermediate Holdco LLC
MSHA Operator ID: 0144515
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
465
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2016–2026

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.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#235of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

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.

For counsel + compliance teams

Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 44 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS128 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON74 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK47 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY42 non-fatal
  • IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST37 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
8
2025
39
2024
35
2023
36 (1f)
2022
23
2021
22
2020
70
2019
51
2018
70
2017
76
2016
35

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC
Struck by flying object

Employee was fatally injured when a belt component malfunctioned (the bridal bar had a mechanical failure and broke) on the C1 Longwall take-up and struck employee in the chest causing blunt force trauma.