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MTR Wolf Creek Mine Coal

Martin County Coal Corp · Surface

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc

Lovely, Martin County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1519235

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2009–2012
Latest incident: Feb 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

citations

significant & substantial

$26,232

proposed penalties

$24,349

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	0	0
2013 Q4	0	0	0
2013 Q2	0	0	0
2013 Q1	0	0	0
2012 Q4	0	0	0
2012 Q3	0	0	0
2012 Q2	0	4	0

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

2012 · 1 incident

February 8, 2012 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Martin County Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was using pry bar to lift a piece of metal and as he was lifting metal to install a block between 2 pieces, the pry bar slipped catching his left little finger resulting in a fracture.

2009 · 1 incident

July 6, 2009 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Martin County Coal Corp · Fall from machine

Employee was exiting Cat. 990-G end loader. When he stepped onto the ground with his right foot, his left foot got hung on the step causing him to fall to the ground; resulting in injury to the left knee.