The victim was fatally injured when struck by a battery powered scoop which had trammed through a line curtain in the #6 Entry of the #5 Unit (MMU 009-0) outby the working place where the continuous mining machine was being operated.
Warrior Coal LLCOperator
- Fatalities
- 7
- Total incidents
- 1,029
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 2001–2026
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.
More recorded fatalities than 98% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
- Wolf Run Mining LLC15fatal1,025 total
- Gibson County Coal, LLC7fatal1,044 total
- Warrior Coal, LLCthis operator7fatal1,029 total
- The Doe Run Company4fatal1,022 total
- Perry County Coal, LLC.4fatal1,001 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 HAULAGE2 fatalities · 65 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 252 non-fatal
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 122 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 89 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 21 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS229 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
7 recordedThe victim was fatally injured when EE was struck by a battery powered scoop which had trammed through a translucent line curtain in the #3 Entry of the #6 Unit (MMU 005) just outby the working place where the continuous mining machine was being operated. Co-workers observed the victim in a sitting position stretching EE's legs prior to the accident.
Victim was in operation of Genie S-85 aerial lift when the lift became caught on exterior wall girt of building under construction. In an attempt to free the caught basket the machine's boom reacted after the basket came free, resulting in the victim's head receiving injuries which were fatal.
While walking outside the warehouse door, next to the loading dock, EE stepped onto the slope part of the loading dock and encountered black ice that could not be seen in the darks. He slid back and landed on his back and his right leg went behind him.
THE SECTION FOREMAN ON #2 UNIT WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A SECTION OF MINE ROOF THAT FELL BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF ROOF BOLTS. HE AND THE MINER HELPER WERE PULLING A MINER CABLE INT O POSITION TO BE HUNG WHEN THE ROCK FELL WITHOUT WARNING, DRIVING THE VICTIM TO THE GROUND & STRIKING THE MINER HELPER WITH A GLANCING BLOW. THE ROCK MEASURED 11'7""X 3""X 2 1/2"".
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING APPROXIMATELY 75 FT OUT BY THE FACE PIVKING UP TOOLS AND LOADING THEM INTO MUCK CAR TO BE REMOVED PRIOR TO SHOOTING THE FACE. THE REMAINDER OF THE CREW WAS CHARGING DRILL HOLES IN THE FACE WITH EXPLOSIVES. THE CREW AT THE FACE HEARD A LOUD NOISE, WHEN THEY WENT TO INVESTIGATE THEY FOUND INJURED PINNED UNDER A ROCK 8'6"" X 22"" X 22"" THAT HAD FALLEN OUT OF RIB.