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Kempton Job Coal

Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Surface

Controlled by Gerald W Ramsburg; Charles R Howdershelt

Thomas Wv, Preston County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4607836

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2002
Latest incident: May 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$55

proposed penalties

$55

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
2001 Q2	0	0
2001 Q1	0	0
2000 Q4	1,770	0	0.0
2000 Q3	4,320	1	231.5
2000 Q2	3,080	0	0.0
2000 Q1	5,760	0	0.0

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

2002 · 1 incident

May 23, 2002 WV · Coal FIRE

Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

EE WAS OPERATING A D-9N DOZER WHEN SMOKE STARTED TO COME INTO THE CAB. HE STOPPED THE DOZER AND USED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TO PUT THE FIRE OUT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE THOMAS FIRE DEPT WAS C ALLED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.