Mining Incidents

Cumberland River Coal LLCOperator

Controlled by Arch Resources Inc
MSHA Operator ID: P21182
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
217
Mines on record
11
Years on record
2000–2014

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
73th

More recorded fatalities than 73% of operators on file.

Rank
#182of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.2×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
2
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 · 23 non-fatal
  • ELECTRICAL1 fatality
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK75 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS40 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON23 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)16 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2014
12
2013
13
2012
10
2011
11
2010
19
2009
21
2008
18 (1f)
2007
6
2006
8
2005
11
2004
9 (1f)
2003
11
2002
17
2001
23
2000
28

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Hauler backed over the outslope. The hauler traveled approximately 150 feet down the spoil pile. The operator was ejected from the cab of the hauler. Operator was a contract worker.

Contact with electrical current

HE WAS ASSISTING A CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN IN INSTALLING A 7200 VOLT PLUG (CATHEAD) WHEN HE APPARENTLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ENERGIZED RECEPTACLE ON THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX (VCB). THIS RESULTED IN A FATAL.