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Sunrise Coal Co., LLCOperator

Controlled by Jimmie R Ryan
MSHA Operator ID: P24401
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
44
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2000–2005

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
#418of 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

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

Top causes

  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 20 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS6 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY5 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE2 non-fatal
  • IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2005
1 (1f)
2004
5
2003
6
2002
18
2001
8
2000
6

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Sunrise Coal Co., LLC
Struck by falling object

Intersection roof fall in above roof suport in the #4 entry/belt entry in the last open crosscut causing death of a bridge operator.