Mining Incidents

Kiah Creek Surface Mine Coal

Pen Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Pen Holdings Inc
Dunlow, Wayne County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606606

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Sep 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$372
proposed penalties
$372
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
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 2 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 2 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 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

4 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

September 17, 2002 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

DUE TO FOG, DRIVER LOST SITE OF ROAD AND TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHARPLY AND OVERTURNED THE TRUCK.

2001 · 1 incident

April 5, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

LEFT DM #7 GOT TO 1ST SWITCH BACK GOT AROUND IT AND STARTED TO SECONE ONE AND IT STARTED PICKING UP SPEED. EE COULD NOT HOLD IT BACK AROUND SECOND SWITCH BACK AND I TURNED OVER.

2000 · 1 incident

February 28, 2000 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF COAL TRUCK TURNED IT ON ITS SIDE IN A DITCH.