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No 4 Coal

East Star Mining Inc · Underground

Controlled by Clinton L Ramey

Bandy, Tazewell County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4405616

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2000–2003
Latest incident: Oct 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

326

citations

148

significant & substantial

$41,470

proposed penalties

$37,305

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
2005 Q4	0	0	0
2005 Q3	8,703	2	0	229.8
2005 Q2	12,481	21	13	1682.6
2005 Q1	11,470	36	13	3138.6
2004 Q4	10,516	5	4	475.5
2004 Q3	9,661	17	11	1759.7
2004 Q2	10,528	25	15	2374.6
2004 Q1	9,899	8	4	808.2

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

October 10, 2003 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

East Star Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING AROUND ROOF BOLTING MACHINE, WHEN HE SAID HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. EE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 10-13-03. DOCTOR TOLD HIM HE COULD WORK. HE WENT BACK ON 11-11-03 AND THE DOCTOR TOL D HIM HE WAS GOING TO HAVE SURGERY. THE SURGERY CANNOT BE PERFORMED TILL SOMETIME IN 01-2004. EE IS TRYING TO WORK TILL THEN.

February 6, 2003 VA · Coal OTHER

East Star Mining Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS TRACTOR, SAID WHEN HE STARTED TO TWIST HIS BODY AROUND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

2001 · 1 incident

October 12, 2001 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

East Star Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING BELT HEAD. SAID HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL 10-26-01.

2000 · 1 incident

January 3, 2000 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

North Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING ON BELT SLIPPED AND WEIGHT ON KNEE CAUSED KNEE TO TWIST.