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The Peabody Coal

The Peabody LLC · Underground
Pioneer, Campbell County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4003209

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
65
citations
15
significant & substantial
$78,836
proposed penalties
$0
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
2006 Q3 1,780 1 0 561.8
2006 Q2 1,780 54 11 30337.1
2006 Q1 4,320 7 2 1620.4
2005 Q4 2,324 3 2 1290.9
2005 Q3 1,917 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q3 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

2006 · 2 incidents

May 2, 2006 TN · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
The Peabody LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The mine foreman was repairing a continuous miner in the #7 right crosscut. The new employee approached him with AR-4 scoop and failed to stop when the foreman told him to stop. The foreman and his helper were pinned between the scoop batteries and the miner cutter head.

May 2, 2006 TN · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
The Peabody LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The EE was helping the mine foreman in repairing a continuous miner in the #7 right cross-cut. The new EE approached on the AR-4 scoop and failed to stop when told by the mine foreman. The foreman and his helper were pinned between the scoop batteries and the cutter head of the miner.