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Chess Surface Mine Coal

Elk Run Coal Company, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc

Sylvester, Boone County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4609049

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2005–2006
Latest incident: Mar 2006

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

citations

significant & substantial

$1,760

proposed penalties

$1,760

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 Q4	1,190	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	3,478	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	4,582	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	16,508	5	1	302.9
2005 Q2	616	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	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

March 7, 2006 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Elk Run Coal Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE AND COWORKER WERE REINSTALLING A BED CABLE BACK ON THE 785 ROCK TRUCK WHEN EE PLACED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CABLE AND THE BED (SMASHED LEFT RING FINGER).

2005 · 1 incident

August 29, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Elk Run Coal Company, Inc. · Fall from machine

Attempting to dismount meachanic's truck foot slipped causing him to twist right knee.