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Phillips Rider Mine Coal

Mill Branch Coal Corp · Underground

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

Appalachia, Wise County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4407262

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2012
Latest incident: Jul 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2010

132

citations

significant & substantial

$31,948

proposed penalties

$27,816

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
2014 Q2	0	0	0
2013 Q4	0	0	0
2013 Q3	0	0	0
2013 Q2	0	1	0
2013 Q1	29	2	2	68965.5
2012 Q4	4,852	7	4	1442.7
2012 Q2	31,866	23	5	721.8
2012 Q1	30,143	24	5	796.2

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

2012 · 3 incidents

July 25, 2012 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Guest Mountain Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing rib bolts when he stepped back and got foot caught between cinder blocks causing knee to twist. Location was MMU 001 60' outby SS #377

May 25, 2012 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Guest Mountain Mining Corporation · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Walking to move miner cable was walking down small incline, slipped and fell landing on his back. Bottom was wet and muddy at time of incident.

March 21, 2012 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss OTHER

Guest Mountain Mining Corporation · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had finished safety talk with crew and two MSHA Inspectors and went to the power center. He called for the Shift Foreman to come to him and was holding his chest, saying he had pain in his chest and arm. Foreman checked pulse, stopped at Trauma Trailer got AED, O2. Foreman administered O2 and transported employee to surface where he was taken to the hospital by ambulance.