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.
Long Branch EnergyOperator
- 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.
More recorded fatalities than 73% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
- Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company4fatal664 total
- Phelps Dodge Bagdad Inc2fatal676 total
- CalPortland, Co.2fatal674 total
- Bledsoe Coal Corporation2fatal691 total
- Long Branch Energythis operator2fatal676 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.
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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
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recordedRight rib roll in No. 5 entry, No. 4 left mains pinned employee against roof bolting machine.