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Deep Mine No 5 Coal

Pen Coal Corp · Underground

Controlled by Pen Holdings Inc

Dunlow, Wayne County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4608661

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 2000
Latest incident: Oct 2000

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$2,411

proposed penalties

$2,411

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
2000 Q4	8,049	6	4	745.4
2000 Q3	25,717	9	5	350.0
2000 Q2	25,183	6	1	238.3
2000 Q1	22,851	5	3	218.8

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

2000 · 6 incidents

October 7, 2000 WV · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Pen Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE BUILDING A STOPPING THE EMPLOYEE DROPPED AN OMEGA BLOCK ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

September 5, 2000 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE INJURED HOS LOWER BACK WHILE HANGING A ROOF BOLTER CABLE.

August 26, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Pen Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE BOLTING THE TOP THE DRILL STEEL DROPPED FROM THE HOLE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

July 8, 2000 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUTTING OIL THE FORKLIFT THE EE STRETCHED AND FELT PAIN IN THE STOMACH AREA. (EE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 8-21-00--STARTED MISSING WORK ON 8-21-00)

June 26, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Pen Coal Corp · Fall from ladders

WHILE HANGING PINE CABLE FROM A LADDER, THE LADDER SLIPPED CAUSING THE EE TO FALL TO THE GROUND.

May 20, 2000 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Pen Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING ACROSS THE MINE YARD THE EE FELL & INJURED HIS RIGHT ARM. EE CONT TO WORK BUT STARTED MISSING ON 10/16/00