Struck by falling object
Employee apparently entered into highwall miner hole in an attempt to retrieve a cutter chain. While at the chain, the employee was struck by rock from roof.
Commonwealth Mining, LLCOperator
Controlled by SDC LLC; Cox Enterprises LLC
MSHA Operator ID: 0109325
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 9
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 2013–2025
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 0% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Washington County Highway Department1fatal9 total
- Onyx Construction Incorporated1fatal9 total
- Precision Aggregates III LLC1fatal9 total
- Southern Products & Silica Company Inc1fatal9 total
- Commonwealth Mining, LLCthis operator1fatal9 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.
For counsel + compliance teams
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Top causes
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality
- MACHINERY2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 non-fatal
- INUNDATION1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2018
3
2016
1
2015
1
2014
1 (1f)
2013
2