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Point Lick Surface Facility Coal

Hanover Resources, LLC · Facility

Controlled by Douglas M Epling

Point Lick, Campbells Creek, Kanawha County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4608146

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 2004–2009
Latest incident: Oct 2009

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

137

citations

significant & substantial

$48,102

proposed penalties

$39,868

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
2018 Q4	0	0	0
2018 Q3	0	0	0
2018 Q2	0	0	0
2017 Q3	0	1	0
2017 Q2	0	2	0
2017 Q1	0	1	0
2016 Q3	0	0	0
2016 Q2	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

2009 · 2 incidents

October 4, 2009 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Midland Trail Energy LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The injured was trying to remove a discharge line from a feed box. The line shifted as it cleared the opening in the feed box, smashing the injured's right thumb. He was diagnosed with a laceration and fracture at CAMC General, where he received approximately 15 sutures to close the wound.

January 31, 2009 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Midland Trail Energy LLC · Fall from piled material

Climbing up tarp rock, EE slipped and fell and stubbed his right hand.

2008 · 1 incident

September 22, 2008 WV · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Midland Trail Energy LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was in the process of changing out metal in the back of the raw coal chute, as he installed the new peices of metal his finger was pinched between the handrail that his hand was resting on and the metal he was installing.

2007 · 1 incident

June 14, 2007 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE

Catenary Coal Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee attempting to shift gears going up grade with truck. Got it out of gear. The truck rolled backwards into a ditch and turned on its side. Employee got out, noticed a fire starting in engine compartment. Used fire exinguisher but did not get fire undercontrol.

2006 · 1 incident

October 20, 2006 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE

Catenary Coal Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE was driving back to pit to get another load and ran into the ditch.

2004 · 1 incident

July 14, 2004 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Catenary Coal Company LLC · Fall from machine

BASED UPON THE INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS TIME, EE WAS PUTTING A SPRING ON EE'S TRUCK AND HE FELL OFF AND HIT HIS RIGHT ARM AND IT STARTED TO SWELL. THE DR SAID THAT HE BRUISED A MUSCLE AND WOULD BE BACK TO WORK ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. EE WENT BACK TO THE DR. ON MONDAY AND CALLED AND SAID THAT HE WOULD BE OFF LONGER THAN ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED