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Oxford Mining #2 Coal

Oxford Mining Co LLC · Surface

Controlled by Westmoreland Coal Company

Adamsville, Muskingum County, OH · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3304213

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 2000–2010
Latest incident: Sep 2010

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$5,452

proposed penalties

$4,783

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	14,117	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	13,685	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	14,248	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	6,763	2	1	295.7
2012 Q4	23,419	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	34,965	1	0	28.6
2012 Q2	35,683	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	30,255	0	0	0.0

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2010 · 1 incident

September 29, 2010 OH · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Oxford Mining Co LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was preforming inventory at our warehouse and was walking across a deck plate that is used to unload semi trucks when she stumbled and fell.

2007 · 1 incident

October 9, 2007 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

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

EE was moving parts around in his delivery truck to make room for more parts. He smashed his finger between metal lifting bracket and side of bed. Had to go for stitches.

2005 · 1 incident

January 14, 2005 OH · Coal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Oxford Mining Co LLC · Struck by flying object

(5/24/05: DETERMINED THAT INJURY DID NOT OCCUR ON MINE PROPERTY.) EE was stepping on boards that were leaning against a wall, trying to break them into smaller sections. The bottom piece flew up between his legs into the groin area.

2003 · 1 incident

December 1, 2003 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Oxford Mining Co LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A CATERPILLAR 992G LOADER WITH GLOVES ON AND A FLASHLIGHT IN HIS HAND WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP DUE TO MUD ON THE STEP AND FELT A SHOOTING PAIN IN HIS LEFT LEG.

2001 · 1 incident

March 20, 2001 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Oxford Mining Co LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS ASKED BY FOREMAN TO GET HIS TRACK SHOVEL ADN GIVE IT TO HIM. IN THE PROCESS EE WENT OUT THE RIGHT DOOR OF HIS CAB AND OBTAINED THE SHOVEL. INSTEAD OF GOING BACK THROUGH HIS CAB, HE ELEC TED TO CROSS OVER THE HOOD OF HIS DOZER. AS HE WAS DESCENDING LEFT SIDE OF DOZER HIS LEFT FOOT CAUGHT ON A GRAB BAR CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPX 7 FT TO THE GROUND STRIKING LARGE ROCK ON RT SIDE.

2000 · 1 incident

August 17, 2000 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FIRE

Oxford Mining Co LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS POSITIONED NEAR THE REAR OF THE MECVHANICS TRUCK WAITING ON MECHANIC TO REPAIR A LEAK IN A HYDRAULIC FITTING ON HIS CATERPILLAR 992C LOADER. MECHANIC FINISHED BRAZING A HOLE IN THE FITT ING AND AFTER WAITING A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HE FOUND IT WAS STILL TOO HOT TO HANDLE. HE THEN PRODUCED AND UNMARKED JUG WHICH HE THOUGHT CONTAINED WATER. WHEN HE APPLIED THIS TO THE FITTING A