Mining Incidents

Osaka Mining CorporationOperator

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA Operator ID: 0063184
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
38
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2006–2012

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
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#444of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
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

Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under Osaka Mining Corporation. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 7 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS11 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY6 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON4 non-fatal
  • FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL3 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2012
3
2011
8
2010
9
2009
11
2008
3 (1f)
2007
3
2006
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Struck by falling object

The victim was positioned next to the continuous mining machine operator in the No. 7 Heading of the 1 North (about 95'inby S.S.#597). The final shuttle car was being loaded from the face of the place, when a piece of roof bolted rock measuring about 71"" long X 39"" X 18"" thick fell, striking the victim. The injuries received from the occurance were fatal.