Indicators of industrial injuries in the Russian coal industry remain unacceptably
high. Solutions to this problem should be sought in the way of accident prevention, which can
be achieved through operational risk management of injuries, implemented by analyzing the
state of labor protection for this factor, followed by determining the causes that lead to injuries. On the example of SUEK-Kuzbass JSC, the risks of light, severe, fatal and general injuries were calculated. Based on the individual regression coefficients of the obtained correlations of injury risks, the mines were ranked according to the level of industrial injuries. For a
more detailed assessment of the state of labor protection, a matrix of the causes of accidents and their severity is proposed, which displays a qualitative description of the situation at the
enterprise