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Lens Creek Mine No 1 Coal

Pritchard Mining Company Inc · Surface

Controlled by Andrew B Jordon

Hernshaw, Kanawha County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4608184

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2001
Latest incident: Aug 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$3,563

proposed penalties

$3,442

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
2005 Q4	3,257	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	3,212	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	0	0	0
2005 Q1	0	0	0
2004 Q3	0	3	2
2004 Q2	0	0	0
2004 Q1	19,524	3	3	153.7
2002 Q4	15,111	1	0	66.2

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 2 incidents

August 8, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Pritchard Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ON KNEES INSTALLING FRONT SECTION OF THE OIL PAN ON A 777C WHEN THE LEFT KNEE POPPED AND BEGAN HURTING BEHIND KNEE CAP. EE DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 8/10 & RETURNED TO WORK 8/13.

January 8, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Pritchard Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK AS HE CLIMBED THE STEPS UP TO HIS 777C ROCK TRUCK AT THE BEGINNING OF SHIFT. PAIN WORSENED AS DAY PROGRESSED. AT 10:30 HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SA ME GENERAL DIVISION BY COMPANY PERSONNEL.