Mining Incidents

Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLCOperator

Controlled by American Electric Power Company Inc
MSHA Operator ID: P24641
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
122
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2001–2023

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
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#250of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
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

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 23 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS33 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON26 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)13 non-fatal
  • FIRE9 non-fatal
  • OTHER4 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2023
1
2022
1
2021
1
2020
2
2019
6
2018
3
2017
9
2016
7
2015
6
2014
6
2013
4
2012
7
2011
14
2010
4
2009
3 (1f)
2008
9
2007
8
2006
4
2005
7
2004
5
2003
5
2002
6
2001
4

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A dragline oiler had been walking the 1570 dragline. He was last seen near the end of a walkway and was later found between the shoe and the revolving frame. There were no witnesses to the event. The employee was fatally injured.