Mountain Energy Llc contractor

Coal

MSHA contractor ID: 2FA

Safety record

1
Fatalities: 10
Citations: 681,541
Employee-hours (2000+) ⓘ Rates use contractor-reported employee-hours as the denominator. About 2% of reported hours are dropped as duplicate filings, so the hours total runs slightly low and any per-hour rate reads slightly high. Quarters filed with zero hours are excluded, and hours are reported only from 2000 on.: 1.47
Fatalities / million hrs

14.7 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.

Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 6 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 53 non-fatal
MACHINERY 14 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 10 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 9 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2003

2002

2001

45 (1f)

2000

1999

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

1 recorded

February 2, 2001 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Marfork Coal Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SUPPLY LOCOMOTIVE. THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS PULLING TWO SUPPLY CARS LOADED WITH CINDER BLOCKS AND WIRE MESH FROM ELLIS PORTALTO THE #1 SECTION. EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY LOST CONT ROL OF THE MOTOR WHILE ASCENDING A 0-4% GRADE (APPROX. 2,500' LONG) AND DESCENDED THE GRADE IN A RUNAWAY MODE. HE WAS FOUND AT THE BASE OF THE GRADE WITH THE WRECKAGE.