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Peabody Western Coal Company operator

Controlled by Peabody Energy Corporation

MSHA operator ID: P24169

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 197
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 2000–2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

1,381

citations

530

significant & substantial

$1,926,520

proposed penalties

$1,633,669

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 24 non-fatal
ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 61 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 43 non-fatal
MACHINERY 22 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 20 non-fatal

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Mines on record

Kayenta Mine AZ
Black Mesa Mine AZ

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

February 11, 2011 AZ · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Peabody Western Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

A scraper and a service truck collided head-on while traveling in opposite directions on a haul road. The impact ignited a fire to both equipment and resulted in fatal injuries to the service truck driver.

November 5, 2006 AZ · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Peabody Western Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

The electrician was in the process of trouble shooting an electrical problem in the line of power feeding the 8200 Dragline. At the time of the accident the victim was in the KM-12 junction box when he contacted live electrical components resulting in fatal injuries.