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Josephine No. 2-Mead Portal Mine Coal

Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Underground

Controlled by Metinvest B V

Mead, Raleigh County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4609203

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2007–2008
Latest incident: Jan 2008

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2007

citations

significant & substantial

$11,087

proposed penalties

$11,087

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 Q1	18,596	21	4	1129.3
2007 Q4	16,011	10	0	624.6
2007 Q3	2,304	3	1	1302.1
2007 Q2	1,800	8	5	4444.4

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

2008 · 1 incident

January 8, 2008 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Struck by falling object

Operator installed outside roof bolt and began to swing head in. A piece of rock 18"L X 8" W X 2" thick fell and struck his right hand which he had placed near the drill pot. He sustained a simple fracture to his ring and little finger of his right hand. Medical treatment was to splint (tape them together). This is to report medical treatment only.

2007 · 1 incident

October 25, 2007 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While crossing the belt at the #2 tailpiece employee's right foot slipped off the tailpiece causing him to twist his right knee. He continued to work until the day of his surgery.