Peabody Energy

Peabody's Powder River Basin operations employ about 1,500 workers, leaving about 1,150 employed at the North Antelope Rochelle Mine after the announced reductions.

Peabody's North Antelope Rochelle mine has largely avoided the job cuts at other mining operations and has increased its employment by 4 percent since 2011.

Officials with the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration say the men were burned Tuesday about 10:50 a.m. at a coal truck crusher dump while they were working to change a bearing on a chain conveyor at the North Antelope Rochelle Mine.

Peabody Energy's Rawhide Mine has earned the "safe sam" safety award from the Wyoming Mining Association and the Wyoming State Inspector for Mines for Best 2011 safety performance among Powder River Basin coal mining operations of comparable size...