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True Energy Fuels Mine No. 2 Coal

True Energy Fuels LLC · Surface

Controlled by David Ison

Pound, Wise County, VA · Temporarily Idled

MSHA Mine ID: 4407124

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2019–2022
Latest incident: Aug 2022

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

166

citations

significant & substantial

$60,032

proposed penalties

$43,262

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
2024 Q2	4,146	2	0	482.4
2024 Q1	7,159	2	0	279.4
2023 Q4	340	8	2	23529.4
2023 Q2	3,651	13	2	3560.7
2022 Q2	0	20	7
2022 Q1	3,444	11	4	3194.0
2021 Q4	784	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	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

3 on file

2022 · 2 incidents

August 16, 2022 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

True Energy Fuels LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was attempting to cut a tree when EE's saw got hung & EE then advised colleague to release the tree that was holding the initial tree & this resulted in the initial tree pushing up by the stump where EE was, resulting in EE's injury. Broken leg.

February 24, 2022 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS

True Energy Fuels LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Removing an explosives sign that was attached to an old Mack brake drum, felt a pop in EE's right shoulder

2019 · 1 incident

January 3, 2019 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

True Energy Fuels LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured employee stepped on a rock and their foot slipped. Employee twisted their left knee and was on restricted activity for one day.