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Superior Highwall Miner System 54 Coal

Martin County Coal Corp · Surface

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc

Inez, Pike County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1519595

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2011–2012
Latest incident: Jan 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2011

citations

significant & substantial

$2,552

proposed penalties

$2,552

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
2013 Q2	0	0	0
2013 Q1	0	0	0
2012 Q3	0	0	0
2012 Q2	9,224	1	1	108.4
2012 Q1	4,463	1	0	224.1
2011 Q3	8,050	2	2	248.4

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

January 30, 2012 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

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

Employee had been driving a ground rod and as he was catching his breath, he leaned on an old stacker belt assembly (the stacker assembly did not have any power source attached) and his hand moved the poly-belt attached between the motor and speed reducer resulting in his right ring finger being caught between the pulley and belt causing a fracture to the tip of his finger.

2011 · 1 incident

October 11, 2011 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER

Martin County Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

Employee was going to exit the cab of the end loader. As he opened the door, a gust of wind blew dust into his left eye. He was prescribed a medication.