Mine No. 1 has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q2 | 751 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,418 | 3 | 1 | 2115.7 |
| 2007 Q4 | 10,136 | 27 | 7 | 2663.8 |
| 2007 Q3 | 20,650 | 16 | 7 | 774.8 |
| 2007 Q2 | 27,883 | 42 | 27 | 1506.3 |
| 2007 Q1 | 28,572 | 26 | 21 | 910.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 25,104 | 26 | 19 | 1035.7 |
| 2006 Q3 | 27,737 | 41 | 13 | 1478.2 |
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Q2 | 29,057 | 21 | 7 | 722.7 |
| 2006 Q1 | 29,578 | 12 | 3 | 405.7 |
| 2005 Q4 | 14,277 | 7 | 1 | 490.3 |
| 2005 Q3 | 14,401 | 5 | 2 | 347.2 |
| 2005 Q2 | 12,922 | 13 | 3 | 1006.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 9,481 | 4 | 1 | 421.9 |
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The EE was installing roof bolts when a piece of draw rock fell from the mine roof & struck him on the left foot.
A possible frictional methane ignition occurred while the face of the #3 entry (approx 54' inby survey station # 1152) was being mined on the MMU 001-0. The continuous mining machine operator reported a flash, that was yellowish orange in color, which self extinguished immediately.
The face of the No.1 entry (inby survey station No. 1129 was being mined on the mmu 001-0. When the cutter bits struck the sandstone mine floor a possible methane ignition occurred. The continuous miner operator saw an orange flash that immedimely self extinguished.
Coal was being mined in the face of the no. 3 entry (about 70' inby survey station no. 1090)on the mmu-001-0. When the cutter bits of the continous mining machine struck the sand stone mine roof. the machine operator saw a orange flash on the right side of the machine's cutter head.
The employee was positioned on his knee while installing roof bolts. After installing the roof bolts, he turned around to stand up and felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
The injured was operating a battery powered scoop. Prior to starting down an incline he checked his foot brake and it was functioning properly. However, as the scoop started down the incline the brake failed to adequately slow the scoop. When he ran the scoop into the coal rib to stop it it threw him against the side of the scoop canopy fracturing his rib.
A fall was discovered in the No.1 Return Entry of West Mains at Survey Station 224. The fall measured approximately 20' long x 20' wide x 10' high and had been supported with 5' fully grouted resin roof bolts. There were no injuries or equipment involved. Ventilation was not affected. The fall will not be cleaned up.
A roof fall occured in the #5 entry of west mains at survey station #703. The fall was 1 break outby the section power center and measured approx 20' long x 20' wide x 6' high. There were no injuries or equipment involved. Ventilation was not affected.
Coal was being mined int he face of the north entry 80' inby survey staiton 638 on the 2 left off north mains section. When the cutter bits of the continuous mining machine struck sanstop the machine operator saw an orange flash.
Injured was supplying roof bolts for the roof bolting machine. He was carrying roof bolts from the scoop bucket to the roof bolting machine. When he felt a sudden pain in his back.
A possible friction methane ignition occurred on the 1-left off North Mains (MMU 002-0) section. The second cut was being mined out of the 5-right face. The continuous mining machine operator had loaded a shuttle car and was backing up when the cutter bits struck the sandstone mine floor causing a possible friction methane ignition.
The injured was loading belt structure. Two pieces of structure were entangled and when he tried to pull them apart, he strained his lower back.
A possible methane ignition occurred on the 1-left off North Mains (mmu 002-0) section. The second cut inby the last open crosscut, no. 6 heading was being mined. After a shuttle car, the mining machine was being backed out of the face to set over. The cutter bits struck the mine floor & a possible frictional methane ignition occurred.
A possible methane ignition occurred on the 1-left off North Mains section (mmu 002-0). The second cut inby the last open crosscut (No.6 heading) was being mined. The miner operator was cutting down on the face & when the cutter bits struck the sandstone bottom, a possible frictional ignition occurred.
EE and another person were loading water line. the other person dropped his end of water line causing the water line to bounce and strike the injured in the face. This resulted in broken teeth.
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.