Mining Incidents

Long Branch EnergyOperator

Controlled by Long Branch Energy Corporation
MSHA Operator ID: P20124
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
676
Mines on record
12
Years on record
2000–2012

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
73th

More recorded fatalities than 73% of operators on file.

Rank
#166of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.2×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
2
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 FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 17 non-fatal
  • FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK176 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS109 non-fatal
  • DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS107 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE53 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2012
4
2011
49
2010
53
2009
40
2008
61
2007
77 (1f)
2006
59 (1f)
2005
53
2004
48
2003
54
2002
79
2001
43
2000
56

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

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

While cleaning the off-side walkway on #4 belt, 2 Heintzmann jacks became dislodged and a large rock struck employee pushing him into the belt line. The accident is currently under investigation by the WVOMHS&T, MSHA and the Company.

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

Right rib roll in No. 5 entry, No. 4 left mains pinned employee against roof bolting machine.