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Peabody Powder River Mining LLC operator

Controlled by Peabody Energy Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P24171

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Fatalities
3
Total incidents
651
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2000–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,477
citations
245
significant & substantial
$1,684,032
proposed penalties
$1,220,963
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2026
15
2025
20
2024
32
2023
32
2022
11
2021
8
2020
14
2019
19
2018
14
2017
20
2016
10
2015
23
2014
23 (2f)
2013
22
2012
28
2011
16 (1f)
2010
21
2009
32
2008
27
2007
44
2006
38
2005
30
2004
26
2003
33
2002
29
2001
38
2000
26

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded
October 18, 2014 WY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Peabody Powder River Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Details & conditions are currently under investigation.

June 4, 2014 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Peabody Powder River Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner suffered a fatal injury after being pinned underneath the raised cover of a Metso Lokotrack crusher.

September 1, 2011 WY · Coal drill operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Peabody Powder River Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Drill crew was attempting to back off a stuck drill pipe. A wire rope snub line was used to secure the worm tong. The snub line failed and the tong struck the employee resulting in fatal injuries.