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Black Bear #2 Surface Coal

Motivation Coal Company · Surface

Controlled by Pittston Company

Dante, Virginia, Dickenson County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4406950

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2001
Latest incident: Oct 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$213

proposed penalties

$213

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
2002 Q4	0	0	0
2002 Q3	136	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	620	1	1	1612.9
2002 Q1	0	0	0
2001 Q4	2,682	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	1,661	1	0	602.0
2001 Q2	989	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	15,151	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

2001 · 2 incidents

October 31, 2001 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Motivation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 11/03/01 EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS HAVINGPAIN IN HIP AND L.POB WANTING TO SEE A DR.DENIEDWORK INJURY ONE SUPERVISOR DOCUMENTED EMPLOYER ILLNESS. EMPLOYEE REPEATEDLY DENIED WORK RELATED INJURY TO OTHER MINE MANAGEMENT. ON 11/15/01 CALLED MINE SUPERINTENDENT TO ? EXPENSES IN ON WORKMANS COMP. INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL WORKRELATED INJURY.

April 6, 2001 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Motivation Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON REAR BUMPER WITH ONE FOOT ON THE BOTTOM STEP AND THE OTHER FOOT ON THE BUMPER. HE REACHED INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO GET COVERALLS WHEN HIS FOOT ON THE BOTTOM STEP SLIPPE D CAUSING HIS RIB CAGE TO HIT THE TAILGATE.