While cleaning the off-side walkway on #4 belt, 2 Heintzmann jacks became dislodged and a large rock struck employee pushing him into the belt line. The accident is currently under investigation by the WVOMHS&T, MSHA and the Company.
Long Branch Energy CorporationController
MSHA Controller ID: C13737
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 676
- Mines on record
- 12
- Years on record
- 2000–2012
Safety benchmark
Recorded fatalities relative to other controllers with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 590 controllers with at least one recorded fatality.
More recorded fatalities than 73% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
2
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- BHP Billiton2fatal650 total
- USS Holdings Inc2fatal649 total
- Long Branch Energy Corporationthis controller2fatal676 total
- Severstal Resources1fatal690 total
- New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Inc; New Enterprise Stone & Lime Com1fatal652 total
Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA controllers 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.
Top causes
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 17 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK176 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS109 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS107 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE53 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2012
4
2011
49
2010
53
2009
40
2008
61
2007
77 (1f)
2006
59 (1f)
2005
53
2004
48
2003
54
2002
79
2001
43
2000
56
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
2 recordedCaught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Right rib roll in No. 5 entry, No. 4 left mains pinned employee against roof bolting machine.