Mining Incidents

Riverside Synfuel Plant Coal

Controlled by Progress Energy Inc
Ceredo, Wayne County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608971

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
8
citations
3
significant & substantial
$665
proposed penalties
$665
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
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q2 16,464 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 16,250 1 1 61.5
2006 Q2 7,995 1 0 125.1
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 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

2 on file

2006 · 1 incident

May 24, 2006 WV · Coal coal sampler POWERED HAULAGE
Riverside Synfuel, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was taking a coal sample from a moving belt. Shovel struck in belt causing right hand to strike metal tunnel cover.

2005 · 1 incident

February 11, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverside Synfuel, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had just replaced a return roller on the Riverside Crusher Feed Belt. While replacing the guard by the tail roller his left pinkie finger was caught between a hole in the expanded metal guard and another guard resulting in a fracture and laceration of this finger.