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P P Auger Coal

Mountain Edge Mining Inc · Surface

Controlled by Douglas M Epling

Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4608832

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2001
Latest incident: Jul 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$145

proposed penalties

$145

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
2001 Q3	840	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	1,540	1	0	649.4
2001 Q1	841	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	1,800	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	960	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	891	1	1	1122.3

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

July 12, 2001 WV · Coal auger helper MACHINERY

Mountain Edge Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GUIDE AN AUGER FLIGHT ONTO THE SLED WHEN THE FLIGHT SLID UNDER THE SLED WHILE HOISTING THE FLIGHT HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN FLIGHT AND SLED, INJURING FINGER.