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Williams Mountain Surface Mine Coal

Pine Ridge Coal Company · Surface

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation

Gordon, Boone County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4608548

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2002
Latest incident: Oct 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

citations

significant & substantial

$1,451

proposed penalties

$1,451

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	2,136	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	3,215	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	3,105	10	6	3220.6
2002 Q1	147	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	0	0	0
2000 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

2 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

October 21, 2002 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Pine Ridge Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE STATED HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO DISLODGE A CRIB BLOCK, THAT WAS USED TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF THE SERVICE TRUCK; WHILE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE ON THE TRUCK.

February 5, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Pine Ridge Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING THE BELL CRANK FROM A 992C LOADER WHEN THE TILT CYLINDER PIN WAS REMOVED, THE BELL CRANK TURNED TOWARD THE REAR END PINNING LEFT LEG BTWN CYLINDER & CRANK.