Mining Incidents

Free Dome Coal IncOperator

Controlled by Jimmy Root; Donnie Wagers
MSHA Operator ID: P24531
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
17
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2001–2005

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
#634of 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

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK7 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY2 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 non-fatal
  • NO VALUE FOUND1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2005
4
2004
5
2003
1
2002
2 (1f)
2001
5

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A SHUTTLE TO THE MINER ON 0001-0 SECTION WHEN THE SHUTTLE CANOPY STRUCK A ROOF BOLT. THE POST OF THE S/C BROKE CAUSING THE CANOPY TO COME OFF STRIKING HIS HEAD. THE VICTIM WAS FLOWN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TN HOSPITAL IN KNOXVILLE, TN AND IS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE VICTIM DIED IN A CARE FACILITY ON MAY 27, 2007.