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VFC-Louder Creek E, F, G, H Coal

Virginia Fuel Corporation · Surface

Controlled by Jillean L Justice; James C Justice lll

Harlan, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1519316

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2010–2012
Latest incident: Aug 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2010

citations

significant & substantial

$4,918

proposed penalties

$4,838

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
2019 Q4	0	0	0
2017 Q2	0	1	0
2016 Q4	0	6	2
2016 Q1	0	0	0
2015 Q1	0	0	0
2014 Q3	0	1	0
2014 Q1	0	0	0
2013 Q3	1,049	1	0	953.3

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2012 · 1 incident

August 8, 2012 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Virginia Fuel Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

In the process of dismounting he slipped off the steps and caught himself. When this happened he felt a pull in his lower back.

2011 · 1 incident

June 13, 2011 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Virginia Fuel Corporation · Struck against a moving object

This is an alleged claim, nothing was reported to management about an accident nor an injury. It is alleged that in the process of removing a large rock with his loader he jarred himself.

2010 · 1 incident

September 2, 2010 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Calvin Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was getting out of truck cab to use bathroom and in the process of using bathroom, he let the truck door shut on his finger.