Mining Incidents

Deep Mine No 3 Coal

Pen Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Pen Holdings Inc
Dunlow, Wayne County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608470

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Jan 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,622
proposed penalties
$1,622
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 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 2 0
2001 Q1 24,120 2 1 82.9
2000 Q4 24,687 5 3 202.5
2000 Q3 24,877 3 2 120.6
2000 Q2 25,459 1 0 39.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2001 · 1 incident

January 10, 2001 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT WHILE BOLTING THE MINE ROOF HE INJURED HIS SHOULDERS, NECK AND BACK. (HE WAS INJURED ON 1/10/01 BUT CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL A DOCTOR VISIT ON 2/14/01. BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 2/1 5/01.)

2000 · 4 incidents

September 5, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pen Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED OUTBY MMU0020 SECTION INTHE INTAKE AIRWAY. THE FALL MEASURED20'L, 20'W & 4'TO 6' HIGH

May 24, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pen Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL FELL FROM THE NO.1 ENTRY TO THE NO.7 ENTRY OUTBY MMU 002-0, TWO BREAKS INBY EP 1. THE FALL WAS 20' LONG, 20' WIDE AND 4' TO 6' HIGH.

April 24, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pen Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO. 3 ENTRY OUT BY MMU-002-0 SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 70' 10" LONG, 19' WIDE AND 4' THICK.

January 24, 2000 WV · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Pen Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

AN AWARD FOR AND A DIAGNOSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL PNEMOCONIOSIS WAS MADE. OPERATOR NOTIFIED ON 1/24/2000.