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Essex Mine Coal

Siata, LLC · Underground

Controlled by Parkstone Energy LLC

Cabin Creek, Kanawha County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4609006

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 8
Years on record: 2004–2006
Latest incident: Jan 2006

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

citations

significant & substantial

$9,552

proposed penalties

$9,140

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
2006 Q1	524	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	13,938	16	10	1147.9
2005 Q2	17,490	10	6	571.8
2005 Q1	11,717	15	3	1280.2
2004 Q3	1,015	5	1	4926.1
2004 Q2	21,520	6	4	278.8
2004 Q1	17,763	2	1	112.6

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2006 · 1 incident

January 9, 2006 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Maptona, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was getting rock dust off of his 4-wheeler when he lifted and twisted with a bag of dust and something popped in his back.

2005 · 5 incidents

September 7, 2005 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Maptona, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS REPLACING GUARD ON #4 BELT HEAD. CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON SHARP EDGE OF EXPANDED METAL.

August 22, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Maptona, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING CABLE AND STEPPED INTO A HOLE WHILE PULLING CABLE. HE TOLD THE BOSS HE THOUGHT HE DID SOMETHING TO HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THAT SHIFT AND THE NEXT TWO SHIFTS. HE CAME OUT ON 8/25/05 AFTER THREE HOURS HE TOLD THE BOSS HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND HE WAS GOING TO THE DOCTOR.

April 15, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Divita Coal Co · Struck by falling object

Employee stated he was riding on the mantrip when a piece of coal with slate fell and hit the driver. The driver leaned over and fell across his right knee.

April 15, 2005 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Divita Coal Co · Struck by falling object

Employee stated he was driving mantrip coming up from #3 belt head, when a piece of coal with slate fell and hit him on left shoulder and hand. Coal measured 0 to 18" wide and 0 to 2 1/2" thick and 0 to 54" long. Mostly coal.

April 6, 2005 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE

Divita Coal Co · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Two employees were putting shuttle car cable and reel back in time. They had all the cable off of reel. One employee was turning machine on and off to roll cable back on reel. A loop of cable caught the other employee around the leg and knocked him down.

2004 · 2 incidents

April 20, 2004 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

West-Burg Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was getting out of end loader when he strained his back.

February 15, 2004 WV · Coal NO VALUE FOUND

West-Burg Mining, Inc. · No Value Found

EE WAS ON HIS KNEE WATCHING MINER MOVE AS THE MACHINE PASSED BY HIM, HE GRABBED THE PAN OF MINER TO PULL HIS SELF TO HIS FEET. THE HEAD TILTED AND MASHED HIS INDEX FINGER.