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Auger #3 Coal

Valley Mining Inc · Surface

Controlled by Mary J Brown

Elkton, Columbiana County, OH · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3304216

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2005–2007
Latest incident: Jan 2007

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

citations

significant & substantial

$110

proposed penalties

$110

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1	252	0.0
2008 Q4	1,212	0.0
2008 Q3	274	0.0
2008 Q2	30	0.0
2008 Q1	31	0.0
2007 Q4	2,166	0.0
2007 Q3	0
2007 Q2	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

January 2, 2007 OH · Coal auger helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Valley Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepping off the auger to hook flite, and turn off conveyor, stepped on ground 1' to 1 1/2' below, twisted right ankle. Ordinary operating conditions/no abnormalities noted.

2005 · 1 incident

March 16, 2005 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Valley Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was hooking auger flights up when a rock came loose from the highwall and came down and struck him on the left hand.