Mining Incidents

Keystone No 2 Plant Coal

Herndon, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603158

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Nov 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
130
citations
51
significant & substantial
$9,784
proposed penalties
$9,724
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
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 10 0 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

6 on file

2003 · 3 incidents

November 7, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman NO VALUE FOUND
Herndon Processing Company LLC · No Value Found

CLIMBING UP ON RAILROAD CAR TO DROP OUT, HE GRABBED FOR THE HANDRAIL, MISSED AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

July 31, 2003 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herndon Processing Company LLC · Fall down stairs

HE CUT WATER OFF BEHIND ROTARY BREAKER, STARTED BACK DOWN STEPS, SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN TWO OR THREE STEPS AND INJURED LOWER BACK AND RIGHT KNEE. HE LATER WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 9/9/03 WHO STARTED PHYSICAL THERAPY (ONE MONTH). STARTED MISSING ON 9/9/03.

2002 · 1 incident

July 25, 2002 WV · Coal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herndon Processing Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PULLING ON CHAIN HOIST, HOOKED TO ROTARY BREAKER THE CHAIN BROKE AND JERKED ARM REINJURING RIGHT ELBOW (RT. ELBOW WAS INJURED 9/16/00), DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 9/5/02, THE DAY HE HAD SURGERY ON HIS ELBOW.

2001 · 2 incidents

December 3, 2001 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herndon Processing Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WAS OPENING THE CARGO DOOR ON ELEVATOR PUSHING UP ON TOP DOOR AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

January 3, 2001 WV · Coal electrician, lineman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Herndon Processing Company · Struck against stationary object

INJURED TURNED TO WALK BY GASKET STAND ON 4TH FLOOR WHEN HE HIT CORNER OF STAND (METAL) CAUSING LACERATIONIN CORNER OF LEFT EYE. INJURED WAS WEARING GLASSES AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. EE WAS GOING T O CHECK DIESEL FUEL TANK.