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Mine No 5 Coal

Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Underground

Controlled by Essar Minerals Canada Limited

Kincaid, Fayette County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4608942

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 7
Years on record: 2005–2010
Latest incident: Feb 2010

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

352

citations

122

significant & substantial

$214,333

proposed penalties

$32,185

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
2009 Q4	0	0	0
2009 Q3	0	0	0
2009 Q2	7,980	13	2	1629.1
2009 Q1	0	28	2
2008 Q4	2,480	19	4	7661.3
2008 Q3	19,223	15	4	780.3
2008 Q2	17,733	8	2	451.1
2008 Q1	20,438	15	8	733.9

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2010 · 1 incident

February 25, 2010 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee driving company truck, patrolling property, wiring in truck caught fire. As employee tried to put out fire, truck went into ditch. His left vehicle and started walking down hill, he fell on pavement and hit his head. He was found in roadway to approx. 5:30 am 2/25/10. Transported to hospital by ambulance.

2007 · 2 incidents

November 29, 2007 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE

Titan Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was struck by the 488 scoop and was caught between the scoop and the 21 S/C at or around spad #580, breaking his left leg.

August 13, 2007 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Titan Mining, Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE was operating a fletcher RRII bolter, when a hydraulic hose busted, spraying hydraulic fluid in both eyes.

2006 · 2 incidents

May 1, 2006 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY

Titan Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cutting a piece of metal, a fragment flew back and went under his safety glasses, striking the pupil of the left eye.

February 23, 2006 WV · Coal apprentice, trainee HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Hanover Resources, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling on feeder cables when he strained his low back.

2005 · 2 incidents

September 16, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Lazy J Mining, INC · Struck by falling object

A 488 scoop ran over a 6' timber. One end of the timber rose into the air and when it returned to the ground it struck the employee on top of his left foot causing a possible hairline fracture.

August 18, 2005 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE

Lazy J Mining, INC · Struck by powered moving object

WHEN EMPLOYEE WALKED THROUGH A SET OF FLY PADS, HE MET A SHUTTLE CAR TRAVELING IN HIS DIRECTION AND WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT KNEE CAUSING SOME MILD BRUISING