Mining Incidents

Birch River Energy, LLCOperator

Controlled by Pristine Clean Energy LLC
MSHA Operator ID: 0051081
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.

Fatality-count percentile
94th

More recorded fatalities than 94% of operators on file.

Rank
#28of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
2.5×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
4
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

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.

For counsel + compliance teams

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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

2023
1
2020
1
2019
5
2018
2
2016
13
2015
16
2014
22
2013
49
2012
35
2011
48
2010
33
2009
50
2008
28
2007
46 (2f)
2006
59
2005
50
2004
45 (2f)
2003
35

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

4 recorded
Struck by falling object

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.

Struck by falling object

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.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

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.