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Tunnel Mine Coal

Independence Coal Company LLC · Underground

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc

Naoma, Raleigh County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4608655

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2000–2015
Latest incident: Jun 2015

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

145

citations

significant & substantial

$22,480

proposed penalties

$21,429

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	Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2	0	0
2016 Q3	135	0	0.0
2016 Q2	517	0	0.0
2015 Q3	4,002	2	499.8
2015 Q2	7,391	2	270.6
2014 Q4	2,905	1	344.2
2013 Q4	0	0
2013 Q2	2,932	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

5 on file

2015 · 2 incidents

June 7, 2015 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Independence Coal Company LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Coal dust

February 20, 2015 WV · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Independence Coal Company LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Exposure to Coal Dust

2013 · 1 incident

July 23, 2013 WV · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Independence Coal Company LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT PULMONARY IMPAIRMENT. PATIENT COULD DO PREVIOUS JOB. SPIROMETRY SHOWS ONLY MILD OBSTRUCTION. SHOULD NOT OFFER SIGNIFICANT BARRIER TO EXERCISE REQUIRED BY PREVIOUS JOB. REPORT BY DOCTOR BOARD CERTIFIED IN INTERNAL MEDICINE AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.EE RETIRED 11/20/2012

2000 · 2 incidents

August 24, 2000 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Independence Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING THE HOSE ON THE HEAD JACK. AS HE WAS TIGHTENING THE HOSE, HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. EE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND THEN WENT TO HOSPITAL. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WI TH A SPRAINED KNEE. EE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, 8-25-00.

July 13, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) ELECTRICAL

Independence Coal Company LLC · Contact with electrical current

EE STATED THAT HE WAS SHOCKED WHILE STANDINB BESIDE THE R/B IN ABOUT 2" OF WATER. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON AN INSTALLED ROOF BOLT, BUT WAS NOT TOUCHING THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE NOR THE ROOF BOLTER CABLE. HE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN, WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. HE COULD NOT SEE A SPECIALIST UNTIL 7-18 & AT THAT TIME HE WAS RELEASED TO WORK.