Mining Incidents

Red Fox Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Douglas M Epling
Bishop, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608901

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
6
citations
3
significant & substantial
$527
proposed penalties
$527
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
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 433 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 816 1 0 1225.5
2003 Q2 1,244 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 570 4 2 7017.5
2002 Q4 1,168 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,537 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,189 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

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

September 10, 2003 WV · Coal auger helper NO VALUE FOUND
Mountain Edge Mining Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS HOISTING AUGER FLIGHT WHEN THE ALL-THREAD SECURING THE HOIST FAILED. THE HOIST DROPPED & THE HOIST CABLE STRUCK EE ON THE HEAD.