Struck by falling object
On September 28, 2017, employee was helping in the roof bolting activities on the longwall face. During this activity, coal came from the longwall face fatally injuring the employee.
Bridger Coal CompanyOperator
Controlled by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company; IDACORP
MSHA Operator ID: P00648
- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 379
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
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 94% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
This operator
4
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Performance Coal Company, LLC31fatal379 total
- Bridger Coal Companythis operator4fatal379 total
- Florida Rock Industries, Inc.3fatal377 total
- Brody Mining LLC2fatal378 total
- Crimson Oak Grove Resources LLC1fatal380 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 · 29 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 83 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 4 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS117 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK50 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)36 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
4
2023
3
2022
3
2021
6
2020
9
2019
6
2018
5
2017
13 (1f)
2016
20
2015
25
2014
32
2013
31 (1f)
2012
21
2011
20
2010
19
2009
18
2008
14
2007
27
2006
28
2005
13 (1f)
2004
11
2003
12
2002
18
2001
9
2000
11 (1f)
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
4 recordedStruck against a moving object
Employee was building drill bench, pushed thru the berm at the edge of the highwall and traveled over the highwall.
Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
While installing structural steel doors over coal bin EE went around safety rail without using fall protection on the door which was still attached to the crane to try to move the door & close a gap between the doors. The door shifted causing a support I-beam to move shifting the doors which caused him to fall. MSHA was notified 12/27/05 that he had expired from his injuries.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE CHANGING A TRACK ON A DOZER, THE CHAIN HOOK SLIPPED OFF THE BOGIE & STRUCK THE EE IN THE HEAD AREA RESULTING INS SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA TO THEHEAD AREA. THE EE WAS TRASNPORTED TO THE UNIVERS ITY OF UTAH MED CTR. EE PASSED AWAY 9/25 AS A RESULT OF THE INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THIS ACCIDENT.