Mining Incidents

Aracoma Coal CompanyOperator

Controlled by Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
MSHA Operator ID: P21118
Fatalities
4
Total incidents
573
Mines on record
9
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.

Fatality-count percentile
94th

More recorded fatalities than 94% of operators on file.

Rank
#29of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
2.5×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
4
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

  • FIRE2 fatalities · 1 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 49 non-fatal
  • ELECTRICAL1 fatality · 8 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK130 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS109 non-fatal
  • DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS67 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
2
2025
13
2024
10
2023
25
2022
15
2021
22 (1f)
2020
16
2019
21
2018
16
2017
21
2016
23
2015
19
2014
28
2013
18
2012
22
2011
26
2010
12
2009
5
2008
19 (1f)
2007
23
2006
44 (2f)
2005
37
2004
17
2003
24
2002
40
2001
37
2000
18

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

4 recorded
Struck by powered moving object

#2 shuttle car was traveling back toward #5 entry to turn down towards feeder, and the #3 shuttle car was already traveling this entry when the #2 car came thru the fly pad they contacted the operators compartment of the #3 car injuring the operator. The EE died on 2/21/21, autopsy results state EE died as the result of a thromboembolism.

Contact with electrical current

While atempting to repair a shuttle car without determining that the trailing cable was de-energized and without locking-out and tagging the power source. EE received fatal injries when he cut into an energized phase lead.

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee, member of 002 section crew, was evacuating the mine. He became separated from his crew and did not survive mine fire.

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee, member of 002 section crew, was evacuating the mine. He became separated from his crew and did not survive mine fire.