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Upper Big Branch Surface Mine Coal

Progress Coal · Surface

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

Twilight, Boone County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4608924

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2002
Latest incident: Jun 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

citations

significant & substantial

$918

proposed penalties

$820

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	11,442	2	2	174.8
2002 Q3	14,300	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	12,538	1	0	79.8
2002 Q1	9,416	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	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

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

June 25, 2002 WV · Coal truck driver MACHINERY

Progress Coal · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS SEATED IN THE 730 ROCK TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING AND BEING LOADED BY THE 3600 HITACHI EXCAVATOR. HE STATES A LG. ROCK FELL FROM THE BUCKET OF THE EXCAVATOR INTO THE BED OF HIS TRUCK, JARRI NG HIM AND KNOCKING HIS GLASSES OFF HIS FACE. HEALSO STATES HE REC'D ADD'L JOLTS FROM LG. ROCKS THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE SHIFT. EE DID NOT EXPERIENCE PAIN UNTIL AFTER THE SHIFT AND ALS