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East Gulf No 4 Belt Tunnel Coal

Rhino Mining Inc · Underground

Controlled by Larry B McKinney

Rhodell, Raleigh County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4604723

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2001
Latest incident: Jan 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$1,694

proposed penalties

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
2001 Q1	10	6	4	600000.0

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

January 5, 2001 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rhino Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELT WAS BRING ROLLED OFF STRUCTURE ONTO A PORTABLE ROLLER. MOUNTED ON A TRUCK. THE BELT WAS BEING PULLED THRU THE DRIVE ROLLERS WHITCH CAUSES THE ROLLER TO TURN. THE BELT HUNG AND STALLED THE PORTABLE ROLLER. THE INJURED CLIMBED ON TOP OF THE BELT DIRECTLY OVER DRIVE ROLLERS. TRYING TO BOUNCE ON BELT TO GET SLACK BELT PULLED LOOSE FROM TRUCK DROPING HIM BETWEEN ROLLERS.