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Rock Island Mine Coal

Farrell-Cooper Mining Company · Surface

Controlled by William J Cooper

Pocola, Le Flore County, OK · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3401648

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2007–2008
Latest incident: Feb 2008

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$488,593

proposed penalties

$386,481

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	Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3	0	0
2011 Q2	0	0
2011 Q1	0	0
2010 Q3	0	0
2010 Q2	0	1
2010 Q1	0	0
2009 Q4	0	0
2009 Q3	480	0	0.0

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

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

November 16, 2007 OK · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Farrell-Cooper Mining Company · Drowning

While dumping short for a dozer to extend higher berms, the injured backed his end dump truck into a different area away from the dump area. The victim landed upside down in water at the bottom of the pit. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by the medical examiner.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2008 · 1 incident

February 20, 2008 OK · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Farrell-Cooper Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured has been diagnosed as having "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome". Doctors operated on 2/20/08. They believe it is from repetitive movement while operating a bulldozer.

2007 · 1 incident

October 30, 2007 OK · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Farrell-Cooper Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

While turning a corner to dump a load, one set of the injured's rear tires went over the berm and pulled the rest of the truck off. The truck and cab slid backward down the face of both sides of the highwall corner about 50'. The injured was wearing his seat belt and suffered a cut on his head requiring 3 staples to close it. ER room doctor had injured take several days off work.