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.
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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The employee was drilling a test hole in the surface pit floor to see if the rider coal seam was under the seam they were taking. Due to the freezing and thawing of the highwall a large chunk of rock approximately 4'x2'x3' came down striking the enclosed cab of the mobile drill, ripping the cab off and striking the employee.