Mining Incidents

Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.Mining Incidents in 2019

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. operations in 2019. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2019
0
Total incidents
6
Year
2019

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 incident
  2. 02FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 incident
  3. 03STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 incident
  4. 04HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  5. 05SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2019

Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned Roof Fall occurring in SS1HG 19-20 XC #1E beltline

Struck by rolling or sliding object

While moving roof bolter cable, the rib sluffed off striking the employee.

Struck against stationary object

Employee stepped off of bolter to ground below rolling ankle on a piece of coal.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LIFTING PUMP, EMPLOYEE'S LEFT RING FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PUMP AND AN ADJACENT PUMP OR STORAGE TUB RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

Fall onto or against objects

Tripped while walking between two components. Fell forward and hit head on a truck, causing a laceration to EE's forehead.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was determined to have a standard threshold shift based on audiogram.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.