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Holden No 22 Surface Mine Coal

Rio Group Inc · Surface

Controlled by Richard H Abraham

HOLDEN, Logan County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4608584

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2001–2002
Latest incident: Aug 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$7,134

proposed penalties

$6,546

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
2004 Q1	8,179	0	0.0
2003 Q4	0	0
2003 Q2	25,816	0	0.0
2003 Q1	17,245	0	0.0
2002 Q4	0	0
2002 Q3	16,666	0	0.0
2002 Q2	19,408	0	0.0
2002 Q1	18,383	2	108.8

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 3 incidents

August 14, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Rio Group Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPING OFF PUSH ARM ON DOZER, LEFT FOOT HOOKED IN TREAD PLATE AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE. EXPECTED TO RETURN ON 8/23.

July 1, 2002 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Rio Group Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WET & RAINY CONDITIONS. SLIPPED & HIT HEAD.

April 8, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Rio Group Inc · Fall from machine

WHEN EE WAS DISMOUNTING COAL TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM ATTACHED LADDER. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACKWARD ONTO THE GROUND. THUS, RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS TO HIS RIGHT SIDE & A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT ARM.

2001 · 2 incidents

December 26, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Rio Group Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER STATED SOMETHING BROKE ON TRUCK GOING DOWN HILL AND LET TRUCK FREE WHEEL AND BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP TRUCK, SO HE TURNED IT OVER.

May 26, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Rio Group Inc · Struck against a moving object

AS TRUCK WAS CLIMBING HILL TO DUMP HIS LOAD TRUCK CAME OUT OF GEAR AND DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH BRAKESTO HOLD ON HILL, DRIVER STATED HE TRIED TO GET IT IN REVERSE BUT COULDN'T, LOST CONTROL AND WENT OVER EMBANKMENT.