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Big Ridge Inc operator

Controlled by Peabody Energy Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P24038

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Fatalities
3
Total incidents
738
Mines on record
5
Years on record
2000–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
7,713
citations
1,842
significant & substantial
$14,518,801
proposed penalties
$9,788,015
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2019
1
2017
1
2015
2
2013
6
2012
40 (1f)
2011
59
2010
66 (1f)
2009
72
2008
73
2007
67
2006
51
2005
63
2004
61
2003
50
2002
32
2001
32

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded
November 17, 2012 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Big Ridge Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The EE was operating the C.M., he was making the first cut in the C.C. left from No. 4 to No. 5 entry. After making the initial cut,EE backed the C.M. into C.C. between No. 4 and 3 entries to set the machine to slab the right side of the cut. As he backed the machine into the C.C., he was pinned between the outby rib of the C.C. and the left side of the cutter head. (See attached)

July 9, 2010 IL · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Big Ridge Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A Supervisor was found lying in an active roadway intersection with fatal injuries that would appear to have been caused by a coal hauler running over his body. There were no eyewitnesses. The investigation is ongoing.