Two MRS operators were in No. 3 entry approximately 35 feet inby survey station 1037, when a piece of rock approximately 8 feet by 8 feet fell without warning out of the middle of the entry causing fatal crushing injuries to these employees. 3 roof bolts broke.
Birch River Energy, LLCOperator
- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 538
- Mines on record
- 24
- Years on record
- 2003–2023
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.
More recorded fatalities than 94% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
- Brooks Run Mining Company, LLCthis operator4fatal538 total
- Canyon Fuel Company LLC3fatal546 total
- Hibbing Taconite Company1fatal541 total
- Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC1fatal542 total
- Kingwood Mining Company LLC1fatal520 total
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.
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Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK2 fatalities · 155 non-fatal
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 44 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS96 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON60 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE47 non-fatal
Incident timeline
Mines on record
- Birch River Energy Plant No 1WV
- Mine No 4WV
- Wyoming No 2WV
- Mine No 4A EastWV
- Mine No 16WV
- Mine No 5WV
- Raw Coal Mine No 1WV
- Still Run No 7WV
- 10A MineWV
- Mercer Deep MineWV
- Poplar Ridge No 1 Deep MineWV
- Seven PinesWV
- War Branch No 1 MineWV
- Cucumber MineWV
- Saylor MineWV
- Cove Mountain Deep MineWV
- No. 3WV
- Bens Creek No 1 MineWV
- Still Run No 3WV
- Horse Creek No 1WV
- SumterWV
- Jackson Bridge 1WV
- Saylor BWV
- Lower War Eagle MineWV
Fatalities under this operator
4 recordedTwo MRS operators were in No. 3 entry approximately 35 feet inby survey station 1037, when a piece of rock approximately 8 feet by 8 feet fell without warning out of the middle of the entry causing fatal crushing injuries to these employees. 3 roof bolts broke.
Employee was pinned between the coal rib and the ripper head of the continuous miner as he was moving the miner from the 2 right crosscut to the 2 left crosscut by radio remote.
PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT A PORTION OF THE STOCKPILE SLID, COVERING AN EMPLOYEE WHILE HE WAS DIRECTING A LOADER OPERATING DURING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE MAINTENANCE ON AN UNDERGROUND RECLAIM FEEDER. THE EE WAS COVERED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE HOSPITAL.