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Ridge Deep Mine Coal

AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Underground

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

Avonmore, Armstrong County, PA · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 3608733

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 14
Years on record: 2000–2006
Latest incident: Mar 2006

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$8,421

proposed penalties

$7,734

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
2009 Q2	0	0	0
2009 Q1	0	0	0
2008 Q4	0	0	0
2008 Q2	874	1	1	1144.2
2008 Q1	0	0	0
2007 Q4	0	0	0
2006 Q4	0	0	0
2006 Q3	757	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

14 on file

2006 · 3 incidents

March 3, 2006 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Roof caved in old set of rooms adjacent to #1 Mains at X-Cut 31. Crew evacuated from mine. Additional caves and section heave occurred. Total extent of cave is unknown.

January 11, 2006 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES

AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working regular occupation when pre-existing back pain made him unable to continue working.

January 10, 2006 PA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was drilling rib with hydraulic hand drill in X 3 to 4, rib left loose and struck him on right hand/little finger causing laceration.

2005 · 1 incident

February 22, 2005 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was moving shuttle car snub from #2 Entry to #4 Entry. He stepped into a hole on runway and sprained left knee.

2004 · 4 incidents

July 26, 2004 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Roof Fall above the bolt anchorage #8 Entry of 2 Rt 2 xcuts inby the intersection of 1 Rt #8 Entry the area is in the return and did not impead ventilation.

June 22, 2004 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

#14 Room Roof Fall with active area return 5 X cut above both average 6' 3/4 tension bolts in this area, area is cribbed and fenced off. No men or equipment included. Didn't impede ventilaton or operation of mine.

May 28, 2004 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL #3 ENTRY, #1 MAINS, STA. # U296, INTERSECTION. FELL IN ABOVE BOLT ANCHORAGE. THERE WERE 5' RESIN BOLTS IN THE AREA AND ALSO ADDITIONAL CENTER TIMBER. NO PEOPLE OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.

March 2, 2004 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE

AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, WHEN TRAMMING AROUND CORNER XCUT 4-5 TO BE LOADED, HE MADE A WIDE TURN TO MISS C.M. CABLE AND RAN SHUTTLE CAR INTO OFFSET IN RIB, CAUSING MACHINE TO COME TO AN AB RUPT STOP. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS ON STEERING WHEEL & WAS CAUGHT IN IT WHEN HE WAS THROWN FORWARD, CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS RT. HAND.

2003 · 1 incident

January 27, 2003 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Dlr Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS TAKING SHOWER ON CEMENT FLOOR WHEN HE SLIPPED & FRACTURED HIS LEFT ANKLE

2002 · 1 incident

October 29, 2002 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Dlr Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS TWISTING HIS BODY TO EXIT FROM THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT WHEN HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT LUMBAR.

2001 · 3 incidents

November 19, 2001 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Dlr Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS REACHING OVER A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MINE FLOOR CRUSHING HIS FOOT.

September 13, 2001 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL

Dlr Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

OPERATOR WAS STANDING IN WATER WITH HOLES IN HIS BOOTS, WHEN HE PICKED UP A CABLE WHILE MAKING CONTACT WITH HIS SHUTTLE CAR THAT HAD A FAULTY GROUND IN A VULCANIZED SPLICE. HE RECEIVED AN ELEC TRICAL SHOCK. HE WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. HE WAS RELEASED AND SENT BACK TO WORK, MISSING ONE DAY.

July 5, 2001 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

Dlr Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE OPERATOR SETS FULLY UPRIGHT IN THIS COMPARTMENT. THE SEAT IN WHICH HE WAS RIDING ON BECAME DISENGAGED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ONTO HIS HAND, FRACTURING A BONE.

2000 · 1 incident

August 17, 2000 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Dlr Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WE MINE 8 FT. OF COAL. THE MAN WAS HANGING A RUN THRU CHECK WHICH REQUIRES REACHING THE ROOF. HE CLIMBED ON THE END OF A SHUTTLE CAR AND SLIPPED BETWEEN THE SUPPORT ARM & FRAME, TWISTING HIS LEG.