Drowning
Employee was driving a loaded hauler when he backed the hauler into a pond with no hesitation.
Catenary Coal Company LLCOperator
Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA Operator ID: P20655
- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 228
- Mines on record
- 4
- Period
- —
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Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE2 fatalities · 28 non-fatal
- MACHINERY2 fatalities · 23 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON48 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS46 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS18 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)18 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
4
2014
6
2013
2
2010
5
2009
7 (1f)
2008
11
2007
28
2006
26
2005
16
2004
17 (1f)
2003
28
2002
29 (1f)
2001
23 (1f)
2000
26
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
4 recordedStruck by falling object
Treecutter was cutting a tree that had another tree leaning into it. Cutter was fatally injured when the leaning tree fell on him.
Struck by powered moving object
EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED HIS SHIFT AS A DRAGLINE OILER. HE WAS SEEN LEAVING. AT SOME POINT, HE CAME BACK TO THE MACHINE. IT IS THEORIZED THAT HE CAME BACK FOR HIS CELL PHONE WHICH WAS DISCOV ERED LEFT BEHIND ON THE MACHINE. HE FAILED TO NOTIFY THE OPERATOR THAT HE WAS BACK AND HE WAS TO BOARD THE MACHINE. HE WAS APPARENTLY STRUCK BY THE RIGHT DRAGLINE SHOE WHILE BOARDING.
Struck by powered moving object
DRIVER GOT OUT OF TRUCK, NOT SETTING PARK BRAKES, PULLED HAND BRAKE. WAS FOUND PASSENGER SIDE OF TRAILER WITH SERVICE LINE DISCONNECTED. DRIVER WAS LAYING ON GROUND HEAD TOWARD FRON OF TRUCK, TANDEMS HAD RUN OVER LEGS, STOMACH AND CHEST AREA. TRUCK WAS RUNNING AND HAD MOVED APPROXIMATELY 16' HITTING TRUCK IN FRONT.