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Peabody Western Coal CompanyOperator

Controlled by Peabody Energy Corporation
MSHA Operator ID: P24169
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
197
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2000–2025

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
#101of 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 · 24 non-fatal
  • ELECTRICAL1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS61 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON43 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY22 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)20 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
1
2024
1
2023
1
2020
1
2019
4
2018
7
2017
4
2016
4
2015
11
2014
11
2013
7
2012
5
2011
12 (1f)
2010
4
2009
3
2008
6
2007
7
2006
17 (1f)
2005
11
2004
20
2003
13
2002
19
2001
11
2000
17

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
Peabody Western Coal Company
Contact with hot objects or substances

A scraper and a service truck collided head-on while traveling in opposite directions on a haul road. The impact ignited a fire to both equipment and resulted in fatal injuries to the service truck driver.

Peabody Western Coal Company
Contact with electrical current

The electrician was in the process of trouble shooting an electrical problem in the line of power feeding the 8200 Dragline. At the time of the accident the victim was in the KM-12 junction box when he contacted live electrical components resulting in fatal injuries.