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MOUNTAIN EDGE HIGHWALL #1 Coal

MOUNTAIN EDGE MINING, INC. · Surface

Controlled by Douglas M Epling

Wharton, Boone County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4608929

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2002
Latest incident: Jul 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

citations

significant & substantial

$2,363

proposed penalties

$2,363

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
2002 Q4	427	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	7,522	3	3	398.8
2002 Q2	6,245	2	2	320.3
2002 Q1	7,078	3	3	423.8

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

2002 · 1 incident

July 3, 2002 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE

MOUNTAIN EDGE MINING, INC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SPROCKET FROM THE TAILSHAFT ON THE MINER. IT WAS BEING PULLED BY A CHAIN WITH AN ENDLOADER. EMPLOYEE APPROACHED THE SPROCKET AND THE CHAIN BROKE, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.