Struck by falling object
The employee received a fatal injury after being struck by falling rock.
Mingo Logan Coal LLCOperator
Controlled by Core Natural Resources Inc
MSHA Operator ID: P21148
- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 700
- Mines on record
- 5
- 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
- Mingo Logan Coal LLCthis operator4fatal700 total
- Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company3fatal704 total
- Bledsoe Coal Corporation2fatal691 total
- American Energy Corporation2fatal716 total
- Hopkins County Coal, LLC1fatal699 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
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK2 fatalities · 193 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 93 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 43 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS159 non-fatal
- MACHINERY63 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)58 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
4
2025
9
2024
5 (1f)
2023
12
2022
4
2021
12 (1f)
2020
16
2019
20
2018
20
2017
33
2016
16
2015
13
2014
23
2013
12
2012
14
2011
29 (1f)
2010
27
2009
36
2008
30
2007
43 (1f)
2006
60
2005
43
2004
47
2003
36
2002
68
2001
44
2000
24
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
4 recordedCaught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A fatal incident occurred while traveling the external slope on a rubber tired four wheeler.
Struck by falling object
The employee received fatal injuries when he was struck by a rock that fell from the mine roof. He was involved with longwall shield recovery and was building wooden cribs in an area where a shield had been removed. While in the process of constructing the cribs, he was struck by falling roof material.
Fall down raise, shaft or manway
Victim, experienced miner working inside fan structure with another ee using grinder 8-10 ft from secure barrier to protect from shaft area. While grinding, other miner noticed ee missing. After search, his body was discovered at shaft bottom. Incident didn't involve non-compliance w/MSHA rules/regs. Investigation ongoing, but appears victim voluntarily jumped to his death