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Rhino Resource Partners LP controller

MSHA controller ID: 0098293

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 464
Mines on record: 34
Years on record: 2010–2020

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2010

7,734

citations

1,791

significant & substantial

$4,909,563

proposed penalties

$3,868,046

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 91 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality · 8 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 127 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 65 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 53 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 39 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded

March 22, 2013 UT · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Castle Valley Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

The Continuous Miner had started into a left hand turn on the second lift off the pillar. A roof fall approx. 22'x25' ranging in thickness from 12" to 22" occurred, striking the employee, causing fatal crushing injuries.

June 27, 2011 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Rhino Eastern LLC · Struck by falling object

Victim was cleaning rocks and coal to set timbers along a rib line. The rib and brow fell crushing the miner. The brow measured approximately 100" long by 32" thick, by 37" tall.