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Eagle #2 Mine Coal

Rhino Eastern LLC · Underground

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation; Rhino Resource Partners LP

Bolt, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4609201

Eagle #2 Mine has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

6

Years on record

2011–2012

Latest incident

Mar 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2007

142

citations

55

significant & substantial

$48,962

proposed penalties

$35,562

paid to date

73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,400 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2007

30

inspections on record

866

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

ⓘ

This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 866 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Eagle #2 Mine has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 7 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.

$49K

proposed penalties

$44K

current assessed

$36K

paid to date

$8K

outstanding

142 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2013-01-23.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Eagle #2 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.00 mg/m3 (78% compliant) across 74 samples.

Health sampling

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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Respirable coal dust

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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

1.00

dust avg (mg/m3)

4.71

dust max (mg/m3)

78%

within 1.5 mg/m3

74

samples

Most recent sample: 2012-03-21.

Silica (quartz)

7.1

silica avg (%)

10.0

silica max (%)

7

samples

Most recent sample: 2012-02-14.

Noise

8%

over PEL

12

samples

Most recent sample: 2011-11-17.

Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

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
2012 Q2	2,439	1	0	410.0
2012 Q1	24,361	16	6	656.8
2011 Q4	24,035	11	6	457.7
2011 Q3	13,503	37	11	2740.1
2011 Q2	4,528	14	8	3091.9
2011 Q1	2,296	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	120	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	120	0	0	0.0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2	120	1	0	8333.3
2010 Q1	120	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	120	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	120	1	0	8333.3
2009 Q2	120	1	0	8333.3
2009 Q1	0	4	0
2008 Q4	25,428	20	4	786.5
2008 Q3	12,263	8	2	652.4
2007 Q3	607	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	11,961	27	18	2257.3

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2012 · 2 incidents

March 7, 2012 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rhino Eastern LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Loading belt structure in intake in insert in the scoop for next belt move and top roller struck small finger on the right hand and busted finger open. Received stitches in finger.

January 19, 2012 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Rhino Eastern LLC · Struck by falling object

Victim was installing a roof bolt near a kettle bottom and had his hand resting on the drill pod. While drilling, a piece of rock broke around the moving drill steel and fell, striking the victim in the right hand.

2011 · 4 incidents

December 8, 2011 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Rhino Eastern LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Removing rock from miner with slate bar when rock measuring 9"x 6'x 8" slid off the miner and struck the victim on the hand.

November 7, 2011 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rhino Eastern LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting Belt Rails. The rails were stuck together and he strained his abdomen

July 22, 2011 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Rhino Eastern LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Victim hit his left hand with a hammer. His safety glasses were fogged up

July 14, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rhino Eastern LLC · Struck by falling object

Employees were re-setting timbers in the intake. While attempting to set a 14' timber, they lost control and the timber fell over and struck the victim on the back and pushed him to the ground.

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