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Mine #1 Coal

Peter Cave Mining Co. · Facility

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

Inez, Martin County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1504020

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2014–2016
Latest incident: Mar 2016

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$4,769

proposed penalties

$4,769

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
2014 Q3	0	0	0
2014 Q2	0	1	0
2014 Q1	4,802	1	0	208.2
2013 Q4	0	1	1
2013 Q3	0	0	0
2013 Q2	0	2	1
2013 Q1	7,600	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	0	2	1

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2016 · 1 incident

March 29, 2016 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Peter Cave Mining Co. · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

On 5/3/13 this employee retired form coal mining. On 3/29/16 this company was notified that ee was diagnosed with pneumoconiosis.

2014 · 1 incident

May 21, 2014 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE

Peter Cave Mining Co. · Struck against a moving object

Volvo truck had been loaded with mud and as the driver was leaving the pond, the truck stalled and the engine quit. The truck rolled backwards into the ditch. Employee began treating with Chiropractor 6/13/2014.