EE AND COWORKER WERE REINSTALLING A BED CABLE BACK ON THE 785 ROCK TRUCK WHEN EE PLACED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CABLE AND THE BED (SMASHED LEFT RING FINGER).
Chess Surface Mine Coal
Elk Run Coal Company, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Sylvester,
Boone County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609049
Chess Surface Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2005–2006
- Latest incident
- Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
16
citations
7
significant & substantial
$1,760
proposed penalties
$1,760
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
4
inspections on record
113
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 113 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Chess Surface Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-09-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Q4 | 1,190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 3,388 | 11 | 6 | 3246.8 |
| 2006 Q2 | 3,478 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 4,582 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 16,508 | 5 | 1 | 302.9 |
| 2005 Q3 | 3,652 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 616 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2006 · 1 incident
March 7, 2006
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elk Run Coal Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2005 · 1 incident
August 29, 2005
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elk Run Coal Company, Inc. · Fall from machine
Attempting to dismount meachanic's truck foot slipped causing him to twist right knee.
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