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Old Ben Coal Company: 2 recorded fatalities operator

Controlled by Peabody Energy Corporation

MSHA operator ID: P21021

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 3,223
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 2 fatalities · 193 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 898 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 754 non-fatal
MACHINERY 473 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 426 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 231 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1998

1997

1996

167 (1f)

1995

269

1994

381

1993

265

1992

351

1991

536

1990

317

1989

122

1988

201

1987

322

1986

1985

77 (1f)

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

April 9, 1985 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

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

I.NAME WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF SCOOP WHEN ANOTHER SCOOP CAME THRU A CURTAIN 3& STRUCK A SERVICE CENTER BEING PUSHED BY THE 1ST SCOOP PUSHING IT INTO RIB & CATCHING THE RT LEG OF I.NAME B ETWEEN THE BLADE OF THER SCOOP & THE RIB. I.NAME HAS A BROKEN LEG & VEIN & MUSCLE DAMAGE.

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Where Old Ben Coal Company stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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