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Primrose Slope Coal

R & K Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jerry W Lucas Jr
Goodspring, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3608341

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
225
citations
95
significant & substantial
$92,707
proposed penalties
$1,824
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
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 1,620 1 0 617.3
2008 Q2 1,280 1 0 781.2
2008 Q1 1,920 1 0 520.8
2007 Q4 1,176 36 16 30612.2
2007 Q3 2,400 4 2 1666.7
2007 Q2 2,400 3 1 1250.0
2007 Q1 640 2 0 3125.0
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

2007 · 1 incident

August 20, 2007 PA · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D & D Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Left in coal buggie, a buggie of rock was dumped into slope buggie. Ladder was forgotten about causing the rock to jam on tipple chute when buggie was dumped into chute outside. Foreman then stood on side of rock truck to poke up at jammed ladder and rock with mine board causing rock to slide down board knocking foreman down along side of rock truck.

2003 · 2 incidents

October 13, 2003 PA · Coal FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
D & D Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

THE 2ND OUTLET HAS HAD A RIB RUN/ROOF FALL FROM TOP OF PILLAR INBY 1ST LEVEL GANGWAY ESCAPEWAY. THE RIB RUN/FALL WAS CAUSED BY WATER COURSING DOWN THE 2ND OUTLET ESCAPEWAY. FALL/RUN OCCURED BE FORE START OF SHIFT 10/13/03. NO MINERS WERE INJURED OR IN THE MINE AT TIME OF OCCURENCE. VENTILATING AIR IS COURSING THROUGH RETURN AIR COURSE.