Mining Incidents

Wolf Den Run Mine Coal

Vindex Energy LLC · Surface
Controlled by Arch Resources Inc
Kitzmiller, Garrett County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800790

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Dec 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
15
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,010
proposed penalties
$2,010
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 Q1 877 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,540 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,090 1 1 478.5
2018 Q1 3,534 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,776 1 0 209.4
2016 Q4 5,820 1 0 171.8
2016 Q3 6,660 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,323 1 0 136.6
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

December 4, 2012 MD · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vindex Energy LLC · Struck by falling object

Injured employee was assisting maintenance department replace a pin on a CAT 365 excavator bucket. As injured employee and another employee were lowering the pin onto the back bumper of the welding truck, the pin slipped smashing the right finger of the injured employee. Incident resulted in a hand laceration, fractured finger tip and dislodge fingernail.