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Black Thunder Mine No. 1 Coal

Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Underground

Controlled by El Paso Energy Corp

Skyline, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1508977

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2000
Latest incident: Nov 2000

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$6,791

proposed penalties

$6,791

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3	0	1	0
2002 Q2	0	0	0
2002 Q1	0	0	0
2001 Q4	0	1	0
2001 Q3	0	0	0
2001 Q2	0	0	0
2001 Q1	0	0	0
2000 Q4	19,921	23	13	1154.6

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2000 · 3 incidents

November 9, 2000 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE

Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS INJURED WHILE PULLING LO-LO BACK INTO PLACE. HIS MBC JERRED CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE AGAINST THE MBC.

July 17, 2000 KY · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner ELECTRICAL

Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Contact with electrical current

CAME IN CONTACT WITH 277 VOLTS AC.

April 18, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUTTING UP A BOLT. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE GRABBED FOR SOMETHING TO KEEP HIM FROM FALLING. HE GOT HIS HAND ON THE DRILL POT AS IT WENT UP. THE POT PUSHED HIS HAND AGAINST THE ROOF AND C UT OFF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.