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Plateau Mining CorporationOperator

Controlled by Rag Aktiengesellschaft
MSHA Operator ID: P24262
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
45
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2000–2002

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
#195of 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

Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under Plateau Mining Corporation. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST2 fatalities · 16 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS8 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK8 non-fatal
  • FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL4 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 non-fatal
  • ELECTRICAL1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2002
1
2000
44 (2f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
Plateau Mining Corp
Contact with hot objects or substances

FATAL, EE , IGNITION OF METHANE &/OR HYDROCARBONS

Plateau Mining Corp
Contact with hot objects or substances

FATAL, EE, IGNITION OF METHANE &/OR HYDORCARBONS