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Clayvigo No. 1 Mine Coal

RLF Chinook Properties, LLC · Surface

Controlled by RLF Chinook Properties LLC

Brazil, Clay County, IN · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1200322

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2000–2001
Latest incident: Sep 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$61,036

proposed penalties

$20,336

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1	0	2	1
2005 Q4	400	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	480	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	464	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	0	0	0
2004 Q3	0	0	0
2004 Q1	0	0	0
2002 Q4	1,462	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

September 17, 2000 IN · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Midwest Coal Company · Struck by falling object

AT APPROXIMATELY 3:20PM ON 9/17/00 A FATAL POWERHAULAGE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN EE AGE 57, WAS STRUCK BY FALLING HEAVY METAL PARTS. EE WAS OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED STANDUP FORK LIFT WHEN THE MATERIAL FELL FROM AN OVERHEAD STORAGE RACK. A NOTHER CONTR EE HEARD THE SOUND OF FALLING MATERIAL & SAW THAT EE HAD BEEN INJURED. EE NOTIFIED THE MINE SECURITY GUARD WHO NOTIFIED THE CLAY CO

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2001 · 1 incident

September 23, 2001 IN · Coal FIRE

Midwest Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

P & S EMPLOYEES BURNED COPPER COILS ON MINE PROPERTY. COILS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE SITE W/O PERMISSION. THE TWO EMPLOYEES HAD STARTED THE FIRE TOCLEAN BANDING OFF THE COPPER. SOMEONE OTHER THAN THEMSELVES HAD CALLED THE FIRE DEPT. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY 10:30 AM. THE P & S EMPLOYEES WERE TOLD TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY.