Mining Incidents

Robin Hood No 9 Coal

Pine Ridge Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
Prenter, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4602143

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Aug 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,206
proposed penalties
$1,206
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
2000 Q4 0 6 0
2000 Q3 14,090 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 27,622 5 1 181.0
2000 Q1 30,822 4 2 129.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2000 · 16 incidents

August 31, 2000 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A CELL IN SCOOP BATTERY. WHILE USING THE OVERHEAD CRANE TO LIFT CELL, THEAUGER USED TO LIFT THE CELL BROKE AND A PIECE OFTHE AUGER HOOKED TO THE CRANE HIT HIS RIGHT HAND

July 19, 2000 WV · Coal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

DRIVER WAS TIGHTENING LUG NUTS ON TRUCK UNIT #3011 WITH A 3/4 DRIVE WHEEL RATCHET. THE RATCHETS LOCKING MECHANISIM BROKE CAUSING IT TO FREE WHEEL. THE DRIVER WAS APPLYING PRESSURE ON THE RATCH ET WHE THIS OCCURRED. DRIVER STATED THAT HE FELLDOWN CAUSING AN INJURY TO HIS BACK.

June 29, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Pine Ridge Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGED HEARING LOSS.

May 10, 2000 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

ON 5/11/00 EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD INJURED HIS SHOULDER THE DAY BEFORE WHEN HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY. RECEIVED CONFIRMATION OF ACTUAL INJURY 5/22/00.

April 3, 2000 WV · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Pine Ridge Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MEDICAL INFORMATION (X-RAYS) INDICATES THAT THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERS FROM OSTEOPHYTOSIS AND SPONDYLOSIS OF THE CERVICAL SPINE.

March 16, 2000 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Pine Ridge Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DEGENERATIVE CHANGES TO THE SPINE STENOSIS AT L4-L5. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HANGING A MOBIL ROOF SUPPORT CABLE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. NOTE: RECEIVED MEDICAL INFORMATION ON 4- 12-00.

March 14, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #8 ENTRY OF A SECTION 800' FROM THE FACE, ONE BREAK OUTBYSPAD 5576 THE FALL MEASURED 45' LONG 20' WIDE AND 6 1/2' HIGH. THIS WAS A CONTINUATION OF AN OLD FALL.

March 10, 2000 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ALLEGED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS, RECEIVED NOTIFICATION 3-10-00.

March 2, 2000 WV · Coal FIRE
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A FIRE WAS DETECTED AT AN OPENING ALONG THE OUTCROP OF THE INACTIVE (SEALED) AREA OF THE MINE. THE FIRE WAS APPARENTLY THE RESULT OF A FOREST FIRE THAT CAUGHT THE COAL SEAM ON FIRE.

February 25, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #4 ENTRY. 4 BRKS INBY SURY STATION 5614 - 900' OUTBY THE SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 40'LONG, 18'WIDE, AND 6'HIGH.

February 14, 2000 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Pine Ridge Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN HEARING LOSS.

February 10, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL WAS FOUND ON THE H3 ROADWAY 2 BRK ACROSS FROM SURVEY STATION 5439 OUT BY SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 40' LONG 10' WIDE 6' HIGH.

January 21, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TENDINITIS OF ELBOW BILATERAL. NOTE: RECEIVED MEDICAL 1/21/00.

January 15, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE #2 ENTRY- 1300 OUTBY THE SECTION 1 1/2 OUTBY SURVEY STATION 5863. THE FALL MEASURED 19'L X 19'W X 6 1/2 - 7 1/2'H.

January 10, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE #2 ENTRY RETURN, AT SUB STATION 5615, 1100 FT OUTBY THE SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 80'LONG, 20'WIDE, 6'-8'HIGH.

January 3, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE #1 ENTRY, RETURN 400' OUTBY THE SECTIO AT SURVEY STATION 5869. THE FALL MEASURED 20' LONG, 18' WIDE, AND 9' HIGH. AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 6' GLUE DOUBLE L OCK.