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Bishop Plant Coal

R & D Coal Sales LLC · Facility

Controlled by John Joseph Childress

Squire, Mcdowell County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4608717

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2001
Latest incident: Dec 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$2,513

proposed penalties

$1,794

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
2005 Q1	0	0	0
2004 Q4	0	0	0
2004 Q3	0	0	0
2004 Q2	1,696	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	0	0	0
2003 Q4	3,664	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	5,043	9	3	1784.7
2003 Q2	3,584	0	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

5 on file

2001 · 5 incidents

December 4, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

R & D Coal Sales LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO UNCOUPLE A SECTION OF 2"PIPE. WHEN THE WRENCH THAT HE WAS USING IN A PUSHING MOTION BROKE A NUT FREE IT RELIEVED ITSELF OF TENSION CAUSING AN OVER-EXTENSION OF THE WORKERS NORMAL STANCE, AT THIS TIME THE EE FELT A SENSATION OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT- HAND SIDE OF HIS BACK.

November 12, 2001 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

R & D Coal Sales LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ILL PRESENTED A WV WORKERS' COMP,. REPORT OF OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS. THE ILL HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BINAURALHIGH FREQUENCY SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS SECONDARY TO NOISE EXPOSURE. NO FURTHE R TREATMENT OF TESTING HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED. HOWEVER, AUTHORIZATION FOR HEARING AIDEVALUATION ANE FITTING HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE ILL STATED HE HAS NOTED DIFFICULTIES WITH HIS HEARING FOR THE

September 7, 2001 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE

R & D Coal Sales LLC · Struck against stationary object

THE PONTOON BOAT HAD INADEQUATE RAILING AROUND THE EDGE OF THE PONTOON PLUS THE BOAT WAS GOING TO FAST PLUS THE PERSON WHO FELL OUT WAS NOT SITTING DOWN.

July 24, 2001 WV · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

R & D Coal Sales LLC · Fall onto or against objects

SLIPPED GOING DOWN LADDER, BUMP RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD AND EAR.

March 10, 2001 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

R & D Coal Sales LLC · Struck by falling object

MOVING SUPPLIES ON YARD AREA I NEEDED TO SQUEEZE THE FORK CLOSER TOGETHER I RAISE UP FORK WITH LEFT HAND. THE FORK SLIPPED OUT OF HAND AND FELL WHEN IT FELL MY RIGHT FINGER WAS MASHED.