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Solid Fuels LLC Coal

Powell Mountain Coal Co., Inc. · Facility

Controlled by Progress Energy Inc

St. Charles, Lee County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4406978

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2000
Latest incident: Jul 2000

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$731

proposed penalties

$703

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
2005 Q4	0	0
2005 Q3	6,760	0	0.0
2005 Q2	12,434	0	0.0
2005 Q1	8,766	0	0.0
2004 Q3	6,080	0	0.0
2004 Q2	6,517	1	153.4
2004 Q1	11,323	0	0.0
2002 Q4	10,645	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

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

July 11, 2000 VA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Powell Mountain Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING A STRAP ON A TRUCK WHEN THE STRAP CAME LOOSE AND THE HOOK ON THE END OF THE STRAP STRUCK HIM ON THE CHIN, CUTTING HIS CHIN AND REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.