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Pine Ridge Coal Company LLCOperator

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA Operator ID: P24179
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
408
Mines on record
6
Period
—
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Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 33 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK81 non-fatal
  • DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)63 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS60 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON59 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)23 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2015
1
2012
1
2011
28
2010
27
2009
28
2008
21
2007
32
2006
30
2005
19
2004
26
2003
27
2002
43
2001
51 (1f)
2000
74

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Pine Ridge Coal Company
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A MACHINERY ACCIDENT OCCURRED RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS UPPER BODY WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS MINE R BOOM AND COAL RIB.