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.
Cumberland River Coal LLCOperator
- 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.
More recorded fatalities than 73% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
- National Cement Company Of California Inc4fatal224 total
- Hamilton County Coal, LLC3fatal217 total
- Cumberland River Coal LLCthis operator2fatal217 total
- Oil-Dri Georgia LLC1fatal216 total
- Syar Industries, Inc1fatal223 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
- 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
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recordedHE 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.