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Mine No. 5 Coal

Dominion Coal Corporation · Underground
Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406051

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Jan 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
127
citations
58
significant & substantial
$122,981
proposed penalties
$4,668
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
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q1 2,143 48 35 22398.5
2001 Q4 8,732 11 3 1259.7
2001 Q3 7,477 10 1 1337.4
2001 Q2 7,555 19 7 2514.9
2001 Q1 7,136 8 0 1121.1
2000 Q4 8,906 25 7 2807.1
2000 Q3 5,887 6 5 1019.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 24, 2002 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Mackie J Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

SECTION POWER MOVE HAD BEEN MADE. WORK BEING DONE TO CONNECT THE PHASING. EMPLOYEE APPROXIMATELY 2 CROSSCUTS FROM POWER CENTER STATED HE HEARD A STRANGE SOUND FROM THE AREA OF THE POWER CENTER AND WENT TO THE POWER CENTER AND FOUND THE DECEASED SLUMPED OVER THE POWER CENTER.

Reportable incidents

8 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2001 · 3 incidents

November 28, 2001 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mackie J Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

1 BREAK ABOVE 889 AND 1 BREAK LEFT HANDED, ROCK FELL ABOUT 50' LONG 11' THICK AND 20' WIDE IN AN ABANDONED AREA. WAS FOUND MAKING WEEKLY EXAMINATION. A FEDERAL INSPECTOR WAS WITH ME.

October 11, 2001 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mackie J Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FELL 3 BREAKS OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS PILLARSECTION IN THE #3 ENTRY. IT LOOKED LIKE A SLIP. IT FELL 50' - 60' LONG, 20' WIDE, 3' THICK. IT WAS BOLTED WITH 3' BOLTS.

June 15, 2001 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mackie J Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE #3 BOLT INSTALLED TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLACE WHILE THE ROOF BOLT OPERATOR WAS MARKING OFF THE PLACE TO INSTALL MORE BOLTS.

2000 · 5 incidents

November 17, 2000 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mackie J Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FALL ABOUT 6 FT THICK AND ABOUT 45 FT LONG. FELL BETWEEN SPAD 890-891 IN THE RETURN ON AN OLD SECTION. IT WAS CRIBBED OFF ON EACH SIDE. IT WAS BOLTED WITH 5 FT BOLTS.

November 17, 2000 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mackie J Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

I FOUND THE ROCK FALL WHILE I WAS MAKING MY WEEKLY EXAMINATIONS IN THE RETURN AIRCOURSE. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT FELL. IT WAS WITHIN A 7 DAY PERIOD. THE FALL WAS A CONTINUING OF ANOTHER ROCK FALL . IT WAS BOLTED WITH 4' CONVENTIONAL BOLTS. IT FELL ABOUT 10' THICK, FOR 120' LONG.

November 17, 2000 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mackie J Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FELL IN THE FIRST RIGHT BLEEDER FROM OUTSIDE. THE ROCKFELL BETWEEN THE BLOCKS OF COAL 2 BREAKS ABOVE SPAD 20. IT WAS ABOUT 30" THICK AND 20' WIDE. IT DIDN'T BLOCK THE HAULWAY I TRAVEL. IT WAS BETWEEN THE 2 TRAVELWAYS UP THE BLEEDER.