Mining Incidents

Sandridge Coal LLC Coal

Sandridge Coal LLC · Underground
VOLGA, Barbour County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608409

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
283
citations
103
significant & substantial
$71,640
proposed penalties
$11,170
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 Q1 5,620 5 3 889.7
2006 Q4 4,091 12 6 2933.3
2006 Q3 4,681 26 14 5554.4
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 4,070 10 4 2457.0
2003 Q2 4,053 6 1 1480.4
2003 Q1 3,799 9 1 2369.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2007 · 4 incidents

October 31, 2007 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sandridge Coal LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall in #1 belt line #9 block, 80' long, 18' wide, 6' high. No persons involved. No equipment involved. Mined 1993? Roof is drying out.

October 15, 2007 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sandridge Coal LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Fall # 8 Entry Intake, 3 blocks in by fan house #42 Mine spad on map. L 35' W 20' H 9'. Mine 1993. No persons involved, no equipment involved.

July 19, 2007 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sandridge Coal LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Fall occurred on the #1 belt in #1 head. Length 40', width 20', height 9'. Hot weather sweat. No persons involved, no equipment.

July 3, 2007 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sandridge Coal LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall on # 1 belt line at #4 block Enter section. Mined 1994? Hot weather, sweat conditions. Length 35' Width 35' Height 15'

2003 · 3 incidents

July 7, 2003 WV · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Signal Resources LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER DISCOVERED A HERNIA ON HIS LEFT ABDOMEN.

January 8, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Signal Resources LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL AT AN INTERSECTION 4 WAY, OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION. AT BLOCK 16 OF #1 BELT IN #2 ENTRY. ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS WERE ADDED TO THE AREA.

2002 · 2 incidents

July 22, 2002 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Signal Resources LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OF AN INTERSECTION OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION AT STATION 36. ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS WERE ADDED TO THE AREA. TRAVELWAY WAS REROUTED.

May 23, 2002 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Signal Resources LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OF AN INTERSECTION, STATION 105, OUTBY THE WORKING SECTION. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, POSTS, WERE INSTALLED AND THE TRAVELWAY REROUTED.

2001 · 2 incidents

November 1, 2001 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Signal Resources LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON #1 BELT ONE BLOCK OUTBY STATION 157. THE FALL WAS LOCATED IN AN INTERSECTION IN THE #4 ENTRY. THE HEIGHT WAS APPROX. 5 FT LENGTH 35 FT AND WIDTH 18 TH.

July 19, 2001 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Signal Resources LLC · Accident type, without injuries

THE FALL OCCURED IN BY STAT #28 #8 ENTRY, APPROX 1000 FT FROM THE SURFACE. THE FALL AREA WAS APPROX 5 FT, 40 FT LONG 18 FT WIDE. THE DEVELOPMENTDATE WAS APPROX 1994. MINE VENTILATION WAS NOT A FFECTED, THE ESCAPEWAY PASSAGEWAY WAS REROUTED AROUND FALL AREA.

2000 · 3 incidents

June 13, 2000 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE TO HANG UP ACROSS AN INTERSECTION. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THERE WERE 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES HELPING.

April 10, 2000 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Global Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS PULLING 6-3 CABLE TO LOAD ON SECTION WHEN TWO BLOCKS OUTBY STATION 433 ON 1 RT SECTION EE LSOT HIS FOOTING DUE TO WET BOTTOM, CAUSING EE TO FALL AND TWIST LOWER BACK.

January 28, 2000 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Global Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE WAS WALKING ON THE SURFACE NEAR THE BELT ENTRY TO THE MINE. HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON FRESH FALLEN SNOW AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE AS HE FELL.