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Cow Creek Coal Blending Facility Coal

Eastern Associated Coal LLC · Facility

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation

Wharton, Boone County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4609080

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2005
Latest incident: Oct 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

citations

significant & substantial

$10,710

proposed penalties

$1,745

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	Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4	0	0
2013 Q3	0	0
2013 Q1	0	0
2012 Q4	0	0
2012 Q3	0	0
2012 Q2	0	0
2011 Q4	0	1
2011 Q2	660	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

2005 · 1 incident

October 5, 2005 WV · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE

Eastern Associated Coal LLC · Struck against stationary object

AS EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK DOWN TO COW CREEK ROAD (APPROX 15 MPH) TO CHECK THE PONDS, HE ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE A TURN TO THE RIGHT. THE TRUCK WHEELS DID NOT TURN AND HE RAN UP ON A CONCRETE BARRIER. THIS RESULTED IN A CONTUSION TO THE LARGE KNUCKLE AT THE BASE OF THE INDEX FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND.