Mining Incidents

Eagle #2 Mine Coal

Rhino Eastern LLC · Underground
Bolt, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4609201

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2011–2012
Latest incident
Mar 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
142
citations
55
significant & substantial
$48,962
proposed penalties
$35,562
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
2012 Q2 1,779 1 0 562.1
2012 Q1 23,767 16 6 673.2
2011 Q4 2,333 11 6 4715.0
2011 Q3 0 37 11
2011 Q2 4,528 14 8 3091.9
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2010 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

6 on file

2012 · 2 incidents

March 7, 2012 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rhino Eastern LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Loading belt structure in intake in insert in the scoop for next belt move and top roller struck small finger on the right hand and busted finger open. Received stitches in finger.

January 19, 2012 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rhino Eastern LLC · Struck by falling object

Victim was installing a roof bolt near a kettle bottom and had his hand resting on the drill pod. While drilling, a piece of rock broke around the moving drill steel and fell, striking the victim in the right hand.

2011 · 4 incidents

December 8, 2011 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rhino Eastern LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Removing rock from miner with slate bar when rock measuring 9"x 6'x 8" slid off the miner and struck the victim on the hand.

November 7, 2011 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rhino Eastern LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting Belt Rails. The rails were stuck together and he strained his abdomen

July 22, 2011 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rhino Eastern LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Victim hit his left hand with a hammer. His safety glasses were fogged up

July 14, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rhino Eastern LLC · Struck by falling object

Employees were re-setting timbers in the intake. While attempting to set a 14' timber, they lost control and the timber fell over and struck the victim on the back and pushed him to the ground.