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Tygart River Mine Coal

Martinka Coal Company · Surface

Controlled by Peabody Energy Corporation

Powell, Marion County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4603805

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2000
Latest incident: Oct 2000

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$372

proposed penalties

$262

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	Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4	1,135	0	0.0
2002 Q3	1,166	0	0.0
2002 Q2	1,005	0	0.0
2002 Q1	1,899	0	0.0
2001 Q4	3,042	0	0.0
2001 Q3	3,042	3	986.2
2001 Q2	3,194	0	0.0
2001 Q1	3,250	2	615.4

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

2000 · 2 incidents

October 30, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Martinka Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DIAGNOSIS OF HEARING LOSS.

September 12, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Martinka Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE FELT STRAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER WHILEPERFORMING MECHANIC WORK ON D-6 DOZER. HE DID NOT MISS ANY TIME UNTIL 1/22/01. THIS REPORT HAS BEEN DELAYED WAITING ON DIAGNOSIS FROM DR. SEE ATTACHMENT