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Old Ben Coal Company operator

Controlled by Peabody Energy Corporation

MSHA operator ID: P21021

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 3223
Mines on record: 15
Years on record: 1985–1998

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

inspections on record

130

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 130 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 61 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 271 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 260 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 128 non-fatal
MACHINERY 120 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 66 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1998

1997

1996

167 (1f)

1995

269

1994

381

1993

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

April 8, 1996 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMLOYEE WAS CLASSIFIED AS A GENERAL INSIDE LABORER, HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE TRACTOR TO UNITE #1 AND PICKKKUP A SLINGER DUSTER. HE WAS TO EMPTY TO DUSTER ON THE ROADWAY LEADING OUT OF UN IT #1. HE GOT THE UNIT REPAIRMAN TO HELP HIM HOOK TO THE DUSTER. HE STARTED OUT OF THE UNIT. APPROX 1 X-CUT OUTBY THE WORK BENCH A FEW MIN LATER HE WAS FOUND UNDER THE CAB END OF THE TRACTO

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