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Mountaintop Clearing LLC contractor

Coal
MSHA contractor ID: C858
Safety record
2
Fatalities
8
Citations
591,473
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.
3.38
Fatalities / million hrs
13.5 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY 2 fatalities · 24 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 10 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2024
2
2023
1
2022
2
2021
2
2020
1
2019
4
2018
2
2017
2
2016
1
2015
1
2014
3
2013
1
2012
3
2010
1
2008
1
2007
1
2006
4
2004
8 (2f)

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

2 recorded
December 2, 2004 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY
Catenary Coal Company LLC · Struck by falling object

Treecutter was cutting a tree that had another tree leaning into it. Cutter was fatally injured when the leaning tree fell on him.