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Killen Mine Coal

AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

Boliver, Westmoreland County, PA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3608519

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2002–2003
Latest incident: Apr 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

citations

significant & substantial

$409

proposed penalties

$409

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
2004 Q1	0	0	0
2002 Q4	4,402	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	4,586	4	1	872.2
2002 Q2	187	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

2 on file

2003 · 1 incident

April 25, 2003 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC · Struck against stationary object

PRYING ON A DRIVE SHAFT WITH A BAR ON A D11N. THE BAR SLIPPED & THE EE HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE D117. RIGHT ELBOW

2002 · 1 incident

August 6, 2002 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Dunamis Resources, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SERVICING THE MACHINE. WAS GETTING INTO THE DOZER DOOR SWUNG SHUT AND HIT THE RIGHT PINKY. CUTTING IT ON THE KNUCKLE. OPERATOR THOUGHT THE DOOR WAS LATCHED.