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Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc controller

MSHA controller ID: 0127923

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 435
Mines on record: 48
Years on record: 2016–2018

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2016

6,797

citations

1,102

significant & substantial

$5,836,602

proposed penalties

$4,626,420

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 39 non-fatal
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 100 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 83 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 57 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 46 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2018

164

2017

175 (1f)

2016

96 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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Hernshaw Mine WV
Slip Ridge Cedar Grove Mine WV
Kingston No. 2 WV
Black Castle Mining Company, LLC WV
Workman Creek Surface WV
Ruby Energy WV
Slabcamp WV
Wyoming No 2 WV
Republic Energy WV
Kingston No 1 WV
Marfork Processing WV
Delbarton Preparation Plant WV
Laurel Coalburg Tunnel Mine WV
PANTHER EAGLE MINE WV
Mammoth Coal Processing Pl & Riv Tipple WV
Ewing Fork No. 1 Surface Mine WV
Brushy Eagle WV
Road Fork #51 Mine WV
Aracoma Alma Mine #1 WV
Kepler No. 1 Prep Plant WV
ROAD FORK #52 MINE WV
Cedar Grove #2 Mine WV
Highland Coal Handling Facility WV
Stockton Mine WV
Rum Creek Preparation Plant WV
Kingston Processing WV
Edwight Surface Mine WV
Reylas Surface Mine WV
BLACK BEAR PREPARATION PLANT WV
Twilight Mtr Surface Mine WV
Goals Preparation Plant WV
North Surface Mine WV
Marmet Dock WV
Homer III Processing WV
Chess Processing WV
SHM 12-66 WV
Camp Creek Mine WV
Black Knight II WV
#9A KY
Horse Creek No 1 WV
Process Energy KY
Seng Creek Powellton WV
Superior Surface Mine WV
Castle Mine WV
Mountaineer Alma A Mine WV

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded

October 23, 2017 WV · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Marfork Coal Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Investigation indicates that the employee was attempting to cross a moving belt or cross a belt that had just started, when employee was pulled down the belt line and later recovered at the raw coal stockpile at the plant.

July 29, 2016 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Spartan Mining Company, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

On 7/29/16, employee and co-worker were re-welding guards over the drive shaft of the turbine pump located on the surface above the #3 Shaft. Shortly after welding was completed, an ignition occurred in the #3 Shaft and employee received significant burns and lacerations. The investigation of this event is on-going. Employee died from the injuries on 8/4/16.