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Opus Mine Coal

WWMV LLC · Surface

Controlled by CMDC LLC; RWMV LLC

Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4609400

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2011
Latest incident: Dec 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2011

citations

significant & substantial

$13,971

proposed penalties

$13,971

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
2014 Q3	0	0	0
2014 Q2	1,539	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	3,064	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	0	0	0
2013 Q3	0	0	0
2013 Q2	480	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	480	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	14,510	1	1	68.9

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

2011 · 1 incident

December 13, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

Hanover Resources, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was in an area where the operator working the control box for beams could not see him. Employee was pinned between base frame brace and a beam that was being moved; was struck in the lower abdomen.