Mining Incidents

Tacoma No 1 Surface Mine Coal

Asset Mining LLC · Surface
Controlled by Parkstone Energy LLC
Gordon, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608825

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2004
Latest incident
Jan 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
25
significant & substantial
$4,645
proposed penalties
$4,645
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 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,255 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 761 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 35,477 3 3 84.6
2002 Q3 35,146 0 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

3 on file

2004 · 1 incident

January 2, 2004 WV · Coal NO VALUE FOUND
Hanover Resources, LLC · No Value Found

EE STATES THAT HE WAS DIGGING ON A LARGE ROCK W/EXCAVATOR TRYING TO DIG ROCK LOOSE FROM DITCH WHEN THE BUCKET SLIPPED OFF OF ROCK CAUSING THE EXCAVATOR TO FALL BACKWARDS SUDDENLY, IT JARRED TH E MACHINE & THE EE. HE FELT SOME PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

2003 · 1 incident

January 17, 2003 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanover Resources, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE.

2002 · 1 incident

July 11, 2002 WV · Coal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanover Resources, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING FUEL LINE ON A 992C LOADER, HAD PAIN IN NECK AND RIGHT ARM. EE DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 7-15-02 AND HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 7-16-02.