Two employees were struck by the boom of the pivoting hoist. At this point in the investigation, it appears that the boom or boom hoist ropes came in contact with an adjacent structure as the boom was being lowered. The elevation of the boom changed suddenly as the boom hoist rope or boom lost contact with the structure, striking both individuals.
Perry County Coal, LLC.Operator
- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 1,001
- Mines on record
- 6
- Years on record
- 2000–2019
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 94% 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
- Warrior Coal, LLC7fatal1,029 total
- The Doe Run Company4fatal1,022 total
- Perry County Coal, LLC.this operator4fatal1,001 total
- Luminant Mining Company LLC2fatal963 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
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 271 non-fatal
- HOISTING1 fatality · 141 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 81 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 39 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS184 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)89 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
4 recordedEmployee was walking up to a stopping that had just been knocked down by a scoop when a piece of rock fell from between bolts and struck him on the back.
DRIVER FAILED TO NEGOTIATE CURVE AT FOOT OF HILL STARTING ACROSS ONE LANE AND SENT OVER BRIDGE.
VICTIM FELL FROM THE TOP FLOOR OF THE PREPARATION PLANT TO THE GROUND LEVEL APPROXIMATELY 101 FT. TO HIS DEATH.