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Hurricane Branch Strip #1 Coal

Knox Creek Coal Corp. · Surface

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

SHORTT GAP, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4407180

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2008–2010
Latest incident: Mar 2010

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

citations

significant & substantial

$9,872

proposed penalties

$9,284

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
2012 Q2	0	0	0
2011 Q3	0	0	0
2011 Q2	0	0	0
2010 Q3	22,838	1	0	43.8
2010 Q1	0	3	0
2009 Q4	0	0	0
2009 Q2	1,690	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	21,176	30	9	1416.7

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

2010 · 1 incident

March 1, 2010 VA · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Knox Creek Coal Corp. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was climbing down bottom level of HWM side ladder with Feet on the ground, he lost his balance and tried to catch himself, when wedding band caught on something and pulled a gash in his ring finger.

2008 · 2 incidents

June 24, 2008 VA · Coal MACHINERY

Knox Creek Coal Corp. · Accident type, without injuries

Employee was making pit for the highwall miner. While in the process of retrieving a bucket of dirt he cut an 8" gas line. He immediately shut off the excavator and shut down the truck waiting to be loaded.

June 13, 2008 VA · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Knox Creek Coal Corp. · Fall from ladders

EE was standing on a ladder, one foot on the ladder and the other foot in the generator room. In an attempt to pull the breaker, he slipped and fell approximately 5 feet, injuring his back and hip.