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#7 Coal

Viper Coal, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Jody Dale Puckett
Virgie, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519390

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Nov 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
366
citations
128
significant & substantial
$142,135
proposed penalties
$13,986
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
2011 Q3 5,200 80 28 15384.6
2011 Q2 720 109 40 151388.9
2011 Q1 3,727 23 9 6171.2
2010 Q4 5,484 42 18 7658.6
2010 Q2 560 39 8 69642.9
2010 Q1 10,158 23 6 2264.2
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

2010 · 3 incidents

November 29, 2010 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mercy Mining, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Preshifting the life shelter was crossing belt back to buggy and slipped on waterline twisting left knee.

September 28, 2010 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mercy Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Roof Fall in Northwest Mains #2 Entry (2 breaks inby spad #130) measuring 5' thick x 100' long x 16' wide.