Mining Incidents

Stillhouse Mining, LLCOperator

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA Operator ID: P24332
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
249
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2000–2013

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
#155of 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

Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under Stillhouse Mining, LLC. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK2 fatalities · 39 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS70 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY32 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON20 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)19 non-fatal
  • FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL17 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2013
11
2012
21
2011
23
2010
19
2009
33
2008
27
2007
22
2006
25
2005
19 (2f)
2004
11
2003
8
2002
10
2001
13
2000
7

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
Struck by falling object

Pillar were being mined on the MMU 003-0. Mining had been completed in a block and the continous miner had been moved. The crew was in the process of moving the mobile roof supports from the area when a roof fall occurred in the intersection fatally injuring the vicitm.

Struck by falling object

Pillars were being mined on the mmu-003-0. Mining had been completed in a block and the continuous mining machine had been moved. The crew was in the process of moving the mobile roof supports from the area when a roof fall occurred int he intersection fatally injuring the victim.