Struck by powered moving object
The unit mechanic was traveling across the section. A ram car was traveling inby toward the miner. The car had only traveled a few feet inby when the employee was struck by the ram car.
Highland Mining Company LLCOperator
Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA Operator ID: P24509
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 750
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2015
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.
More recorded fatalities than 73% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
This operator
2
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Independence Coal Company, LLC5fatal758 total
- Martin Marietta Aggregates-Southwest Division3fatal744 total
- Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC3fatal743 total
- Highland Mining Company LLCthis operator2fatal750 total
- Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC1fatal752 total
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.
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Top causes
- MACHINERY1 fatality · 79 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 41 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK258 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS145 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON91 non-fatal
- HOISTING49 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
3
2014
45 (1f)
2013
63
2012
27
2011
30
2010
67
2009
61
2008
61
2007
60
2006
44
2005
46
2004
68
2003
69 (1f)
2002
35
2001
19
2000
52
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recordedStruck by flying object
ON JULY 2ND, 2003, EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE NECK BY A PROJECTILE WHILE CUTTING COAL WITH A CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS SUGGEST THE VICIM WAS STRUCK BY A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM THE TIP OF A CUTTING BIT.