Mining Incidents

Jim Walter Resources IncOperator

Controlled by Walter Energy Incorporated
MSHA Operator ID: P01155
Fatalities
21
Total incidents
2,258
Mines on record
7
Years on record
2000–2016

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
100th

More recorded fatalities than 100% of operators on file.

Rank
#2of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
12.9×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
21
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.

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Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 63 non-fatal
  • OTHER1 fatality · 16 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS292 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON185 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)100 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK99 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2016
5
2015
71
2014
104
2013
118 (1f)
2012
120
2011
155
2010
138
2009
142 (1f)
2008
144
2007
3

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

21 recorded
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee walked up to the 7-2C header to inspect wipers. The victim was on an elevated catwalk at discharge of the 7-2B conveyor belt to examine the belt wiper. He fell off the end of catwalk on 7-2B belt. Employee was caught between the skirt and the top belt resulting in a fatal injury.

Contact with heat

Employee was traveling #2 Longwall Bleeders and when he did not check in, we sent someone in to look for him. He was found unresponsive with no vital signs. The cause of death is still being investigated.