Mining Incidents

KenAmerican Resources IncOperator

Controlled by Robert E Murray
MSHA Operator ID: P22938
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
807
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2000–2019

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
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#516of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
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

  • IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST1 fatality
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK472 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS104 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON51 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE50 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)49 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2019
10 (1f)
2018
23
2017
18
2016
16
2015
15
2014
16
2013
19
2012
33
2011
49
2010
47
2009
70
2008
61
2007
61
2006
71
2005
53
2004
74
2003
64
2002
43
2001
32
2000
32

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Struck by concussion

FMC employees were attempting to seal the hoist shaft at the Bremen Portal at Ken American Paradise Mine No. 9. Steel beams were welded in place metal decking was secured covering the shaft. Methane accumulated in the shaft and caused a series of two explosions 4-5 seconds apart. The second explosion killed FMC employee. No other fatalities or injuries occurred.