In 2016, Peabody set a company global safety record, with zero fatalities along with a 1.22 total reportable injury frequency rate per 200,000 hours worked. 

This represents a 2% improvement on injury rates from 2015, a year that also set a record for the company. 

Worldwide, Peabody’s surface mines realised an incidence rate of 0.81, a 19% improvement over the 2015 rate of 1, with the US El Segundo Mine leading the company’s global safety performance with zero reportable injuries or occupational illnesses.

Peabody’s underground mines achieved an incidence rate of 2.5 in 2016.