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Sands #1 Coal

Valley Mining, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Mary J Brown

Adamsville, Perry County, OH · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3304077

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2002
Latest incident: Nov 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2007

citations

significant & substantial

$200

proposed penalties

$200

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	Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3	0	0
2009 Q2	0	0
2009 Q1	0	0
2008 Q4	0	0
2008 Q3	667	0	0.0
2008 Q2	1,456	1	686.8
2008 Q1	103	0	0.0
2007 Q4	1,842	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

2002 · 2 incidents

November 20, 2002 OH · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

Valley Mining, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM HIS MACHINE HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE HANDHOLD AND HE GRABBED A SHARP PIECE OF THE CATWALK SUPPORT RAIL TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM FALLING. THE SHARP METAL PIERCED HIS PALM CAUSING HIM TO GET SIX (6) STITCHES IN HIS LEFT HAND.

January 4, 2002 OH · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Valley Mining, Inc. · Fall from machine

EE WAS WORKING ON PIT TRUCK REPAIRING FUEL FILTER WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK ANDLANDED ON HIS RT. FOOT WRONG, CAUSING A SPRAIN TO THE RT. ANKLE.