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Coalfield Services, Inc contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: R58
Safety record
2
Fatalities
131
Citations
1,972,241
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.
1.01
Fatalities / million hrs
66.4 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY 1 fatality · 43 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 43 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 87 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 19 non-fatal
  • OTHER 7 non-fatal
  • STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT 6 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
1
2022
1
2019
1
2018
1
2016
1
2014
1
2013
1
2012
5
2011
4
2010
4 (1f)
2009
3
2008
3
2007
5 (1f)
2006
1
2005
2
2004
7
2003
2
2002
9
2001
9
2000
12
1999
17
1998
26
1997
9
1996
9
1995
11
1994
17
1993
13
1992
12
1991
4
1990
9
1989
4
1988
8
1987
9
1986
2
1985
3

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

2 recorded
April 11, 2010 IL · Coal miner, prospector, nec Fatality · MACHINERY
M-Class Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was struck when a stair stringer, secure in 4 locations, inadvertently released, striking employee in the chest area, thereby forcing him into a Genie manlift located approximately 8-10 feet from the point of contact with the stair stringer.

September 16, 2007 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mingo Logan Coal LLC · Fall down raise, shaft or manway

Victim, experienced miner working inside fan structure with another ee using grinder 8-10 ft from secure barrier to protect from shaft area. While grinding, other miner noticed ee missing. After search, his body was discovered at shaft bottom. Incident didn't involve non-compliance w/MSHA rules/regs. Investigation ongoing, but appears victim voluntarily jumped to his death