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HWM 61 Coal

South Fork Coal Co., LLC · Surface

Controlled by White Forest Resources, Inc

Richwood, Greenbrier County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3304642

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2014–2019
Latest incident: Mar 2019

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2010

131

citations

significant & substantial

$215,371

proposed penalties

$124,758

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 Q3	2,129	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	6,379	11	5	1724.4
2019 Q1	7,049	31	13	4397.8
2018 Q4	6,429	3	0	466.6
2018 Q3	7,789	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	7,900	2	0	253.2
2018 Q1	8,245	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	7,286	1	1	137.2

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

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded

March 7, 2019 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY

South Fork Coal Co., LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Victim was assisting with extracting the highwall miner cars. EE had been shoveling dirt/mud off the deck of the miner. EE was standing at the rear of the deck while a car was being extracted and for unknown reason head came forward and was caught between the car and a support post. Suffered crushing injuries to the head.

October 7, 2014 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Commonwealth Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee apparently entered into highwall miner hole in an attempt to retrieve a cutter chain. While at the chain, the employee was struck by rock from roof.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2019 · 1 incident

January 30, 2019 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

South Fork Coal Co., LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was using a hand held drill to clear dirt and other material from the hole that the pin goes into in order to connect two highwall miner cars. The drill bit hung in the pin hole and the drill twisted causing the injury.

2018 · 1 incident

May 1, 2018 WV · Coal groundman, yardman MACHINERY

South Fork Coal Co., LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Victim is groundman/padman on highwall miner. Was using a hand operated drill with an auger bit. Bit got bound; handle on drill hit the back of employee's hand when it spun around. Two bones fractured by the impact (metacarpal bones leading to the index & middle fingers). Victim was taken to the hospital by the foreman; hand was put in a cast.

2015 · 1 incident

January 5, 2015 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Commonwealth Mining LLC · Fall from machine

While exiting the rear of a pick up truck the employee's left foot slipped off the rear bumper of the vehicle causing him to fall to the ground.