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Back in Black Coal

Oxford Mining Company-Kentucky, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Westmoreland Coal Company

Greenville, Muhlenberg County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518622

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2006–2007
Latest incident: Feb 2007

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2003

citations

significant & substantial

$15,000

proposed penalties

$15,000

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
2010 Q3	6,018	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	17,219	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	22,824	4	4	175.3
2009 Q4	19,480	4	0	205.3
2009 Q3	18,799	2	1	106.4
2009 Q2	19,440	2	1	102.9
2009 Q1	5,932	4	3	674.3
2008 Q4	0	0	0

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 1 incident

February 23, 2007 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

R & L Winn Inc · Struck against a moving object

Injured party was pushing rock with a bull dozer, when the dozer slipped off the road, jarring the injured party and hurting his lower back.

2006 · 1 incident

September 8, 2006 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

R & L Winn Inc · Struck against stationary object

Injured party was trying to pull start a gasoline pump. After the second time he pulled the start cord, it did not catch as it should have, causing the injured party to strike his left hand against a piece of equipment.