Mining Incidents

Lodestar Energy IncOperator

Controlled by Iracoal Incorporated
MSHA Operator ID: P23722
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
431
Mines on record
15
Years on record
2000–2003

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
#130of 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.

For counsel + compliance teams

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Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE2 fatalities · 20 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS117 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK97 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON63 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY58 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)36 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2003
32
2002
111
2001
150 (1f)
2000
138 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
Fall from machine

EE WAS OPERATING A DM600 MACK FUEL TRUCK WHEN HE APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK. IN DOING SO, HE SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES AND DIED ON 10-4-01. THE ACCID ENT HAPPENED ON A DESCENDING ROAD. CAUSE IS STILL UNDETERMINED.

Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK, DUMPING INTO HOLLOW FILL #6. HE BACKED TO THE DUMP AND THEN REPOSITIONED TRUCK. AT THIS TIME THE TRUCK WENT OVER THE HILL. HE WAS THROWN FROM THE TRUCK AND RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.