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Hacker's Creek Mine No 1 Coal

Roblee Coal Company · Underground

Controlled by Robert R Jeran

Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4608820

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 8
Years on record: 2001–2005
Latest incident: Feb 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$7,872

proposed penalties

$7,872

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 Q4	0	0	0
2005 Q3	7,842	2	1	255.0
2005 Q2	7,533	4	1	531.0
2005 Q1	8,179	5	1	611.3
2004 Q4	6,704	4	3	596.7
2004 Q3	7,544	8	1	1060.4
2004 Q2	7,491	11	3	1468.4
2004 Q1	8,123	6	4	738.6

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

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

October 24, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Roblee Coal Company · Struck by falling object

A FATAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED TO EE AS HE WAS RUNNING THRU AN INTERSECTION OF #3 ENTRY IN THE 1 LEFT SECTION. HE HAD BEEN SETTING BREAKER POSTS ON THE PILLARLINE WHEN HE HEARD THE TOP RUMBLING AN D HAD MOVED OUTBY ONE BLOCK AND STARTED THRU THECROSSCUT WHEN REACHING THE INTERSECTION, THE ROOF COLLAPSED ON HIM.

Reportable incidents

7 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2005 · 1 incident

February 14, 2005 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Roblee Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee injured his back loading posts by hand into the bucket of a scoop. He finished the shift and continued to work every day until 6/30/05. On 6/30/05 he was operated on for a lumbar disc herniation and/or lumbar stenosis.

2004 · 2 incidents

October 31, 2004 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Roblee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof Fall in intersection of #9 entry of 1 Left off Northeast Mains, one block inby spad #869. Fall was 18' long, 12' wide and 8' high. Fall Was discovered by fireboss prior to working on Sunday night.

February 20, 2004 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Roblee Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TAKING A CAP OFF THE HEAD OF A MINER IN THE SHOP, WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF & PULLED ON HIS LEFT ARM. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 10/25/04 WHEN THEY OPERATED ON A TORN MUSCLE IN LEFT ARM

2003 · 2 incidents

October 24, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Roblee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #3 ENTRY AND INTERSECTION, TWO BLOCKS LEFT OF SPAD #257 ON THE 1 LEFT SECTION. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 80 FT LONG, 12 FT WIDE, AND 6 FT HIGH.

August 28, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Roblee Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON #4 BELT, 2 WORKERS WERE LETTING OFF THE COME-A-LONG WHEN THE INJURED GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BY THE COME-A-LONG.

2001 · 2 incidents

June 6, 2001 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Roblee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON THE 001 SECTION IN THE #6 ENTRY INTERSECTION SPAD 162. THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE RRE- SHIFT EXAMINER. THE FALL IS 5-7' HIGH AND MEASURED 25'LONG AND 25'WIDE. THIS FALL IS ON THE WORKING SECTION IN THE LAST OPEN CROSS CUT.

May 18, 2001 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Roblee Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE NO. 3 ENTRY AT SPADNO. 70 ON THE NORTH EAST MAIN SECTION WHILE MAK ING THE WEEKLY EXAM ACCORDING TO 75.364. THE ROOF FALL WAS 11 FT LONG, 9 FT WIDE AND 5.5 FT HIGH . THE AREA WAS DEVELOPED 2-10-01. THE FALL WAS DANGERED OFF, CRIBBED AND NOT CLEANED UP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE NOR WAS VENTILATION AFFECTED.