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No. 7 Coal

DaCoal Mining, Inc. · Underground

Controlled by David Stevenson

Dante, Russell County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4407121

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2005–2006
Latest incident: Dec 2006

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

144

citations

significant & substantial

$25,305

proposed penalties

$25,305

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
2007 Q2	1,590	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	3,401	10	2	2940.3
2006 Q4	3,234	18	7	5565.9
2006 Q3	5,108	7	3	1370.4
2006 Q2	3,947	17	8	4307.1
2006 Q1	3,917	14	5	3574.2
2005 Q4	3,410	20	12	5865.1
2005 Q3	2,190	20	10	9132.4

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

2006 · 1 incident

December 14, 2006 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

DaCoal Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting to dislodge a rock in the feeder. The rock moved, striking EE's right pointer finger which required surgery & sutures to reset his finger. Accident occurred at section dumping point.

2005 · 2 incidents

December 12, 2005 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

DaCoal Mining, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Trying to put air filter cap back on from the right tire, he slipped off tire to the ground landing on right hip.

November 10, 2005 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE

DaCoal Mining, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Left front wheel hit a rock, steering kicked around striking the operator on the back of the hand.