Mining Incidents

No. 45 Mine Coal

New Country Mining, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Darrell Felts
Kimball, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608358

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002–2003
Latest incident
Apr 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
78
citations
17
significant & substantial
$6,010
proposed penalties
$499
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
2003 Q2 3,317 8 1 2411.8
2003 Q1 3,928 11 3 2800.4
2002 Q4 4,601 9 3 1956.1
2002 Q3 604 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,584 12 5 1822.6
2002 Q1 6,216 7 0 1126.1
2001 Q4 6,091 5 1 820.9
2001 Q3 691 12 2 17366.1
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

2003 · 1 incident

April 14, 2003 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger NO VALUE FOUND
New Country Mining, Inc. · No Value Found

DRIVER WAS PULLING OUT OF LOADING AREA WHEN HE DROVE UP ONTO HUMP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE CAUSING THE TRUCK TO TURN OVER ONTO THE LEFT SIDE (DRIVER'S SIDE) DRIVER WAS SHAKEN UP AND BRUISE D FROM IMPACT.

2002 · 1 incident

January 25, 2002 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
S & S Leasing Inc · Struck by falling object

EE STATES HE WAS BOLTING ON PIN MACHINE, CAP COAL FELL ON HIM, THEN LATER HE WAS BENDING A ROOFBOLT AND IT FELT LIKE A MUSCLE WAS PULLED.