Mining Incidents

Marfork Coal Company, LLCOperator

Controlled by Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
MSHA Operator ID: P22603
Fatalities
7
Total incidents
1,500
Mines on record
21
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
98th

More recorded fatalities than 98% of operators on file.

Rank
#17of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
4.3×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
7
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 HAULAGE2 fatalities · 77 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 192 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 110 non-fatal
  • FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 20 non-fatal
  • HOISTING1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS244 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
7 (1f)
2025
41 (2f)
2024
36
2023
55
2022
47
2021
32 (2f)
2020
34
2019
51
2018
54
2017
48 (1f)
2016
51
2015
58
2014
63
2013
84
2012
73
2011
85
2010
67
2009
68
2008
46

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

7 recorded
Struck by falling object

Employee was setting timbers for the next retreat mining lift inby spad 21417 when the slab cut entry that was previously cut fell to the roof bolts causing draw rock to strike the employee. Employee was coherent and alert while being transported outside. During transportation to medical facility they suffered a cardiac arrest. Incident remains under investigation.

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

Employee received crushing fatal injuries while assisting MSHA inspection of elevator inside of Preparation Plant.

Struck by falling object

EE had been jack hammering to set a water trap for seals and traded off with coworker to take a break went over to rib sat down when rib roll 68""L x 24"" W x 8"" T came off at spad #3002/7483 on EE striking EE in the chest and abdomen area.

Fall from machine

Employee fell while steam cleaning loader.

Struck by powered moving object

Employee was crossing intersection and was struck by the left center shuttle car resulting in fatal injuries.

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Investigation indicates that the employee was attempting to cross a moving belt or cross a belt that had just started, when employee was pulled down the belt line and later recovered at the raw coal stockpile at the plant.