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Mine No. 3 Coal

Mill Branch Coal Corporation · Underground

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

Derby, VA, Wise County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4407187

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2009
Latest incident: Jun 2009

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

139

citations

significant & substantial

$41,200

proposed penalties

$31,503

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
2011 Q1	2,806	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	631	16	3	25356.6
2010 Q3	15,818	11	3	695.4
2010 Q2	643	4	1	6220.8
2010 Q1	14,231	9	3	632.4
2009 Q3	18,012	23	5	1276.9
2009 Q2	587	14	6	23850.1
2009 Q1	454	14	1	30837.0

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

2009 · 1 incident

June 8, 2009 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Mill Branch Coal Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was working with another person who was using a box cutter to open bags of rock dust. The other person accidentally struck the injured's left thumb resulting in a laceration which required sutures.