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Crow's Nest Coal

Crow's Nest Synfuels, L. P. · Facility

Controlled by Crow's Nest Capital Corp

Bovard, Westmoreland County, PA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3608813

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2000–2004
Latest incident: Nov 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$2,311

proposed penalties

$2,311

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
2007 Q1	9	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	76	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	117	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	1,035	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	2,015	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	3,557	1	1	281.1
2005 Q3	2,889	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	4,707	0	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

5 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

November 11, 2004 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE

Crow's Nest Synfuels, L. P. · Fall from ladders

Employee was using a 6 ft step ladder and lifting a 50 lb bag of hydrated lime. A fellow employee, driving a skidsteer, was placing a pallet of bagged lime and bumped into the ladder, causing the ee to fall to the floor, striking the right side of his face and right shoulder. The fall resulted and bruising on the right side of employee's face.

September 27, 2004 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Crow's Nest Synfuels, L. P. · Fall from ladders

Employee was using a ladder to climb onto a screen discharge box and lost his footing, causing him to fall onto the floor. He dislocated a finger on his right hand.

2003 · 1 incident

February 10, 2003 PA · Coal NO VALUE FOUND

Crow's Nest Synfuels, L. P. · Fall down stairs

WALKING DOWN SNOW COVERED STEPS, FELL AND STRUCK BACK OF HEAD.

2001 · 1 incident

July 28, 2001 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Crow's Nest Synfuels, L. P. · Struck by flying object

PERSONNEL WERE REMOVING A SHAFT SLEEVE FROM A PUMP DRIVE WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF THE CHISEL BROKE OFF AND STRUCK THE INJURED IN THE NECK.

2000 · 1 incident

October 11, 2000 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER

Crow's Nest Synfuels, L. P. · Struck by flying object

EE WAS IN A DARK AREA OF THE PLANT, SURVEYING THE AREA FOR PLACEMENT OF A SHUT-OFF VALVE. AN EXTENSION CORD FROM A WORK LIGHT STRUCK THE SIDE OF A DUSTY PIPE, THROWING DUST INTO THE EYES OF TH E INJURED. INJURED HAD TEMPORARILY REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO BETTER OBSERVE THE VALVE LOCATION.