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Triad Underground Mining L.L.C. operator

Controlled by James River Coal Company

MSHA operator ID: 0050046

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 81
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 2002–2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

838

citations

162

significant & substantial

$423,413

proposed penalties

$336,589

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 46 non-fatal
INUNDATION 7 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 6 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 6 non-fatal
MACHINERY 5 non-fatal

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

August 31, 2010 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Triad Underground Mining, L.L.C. · Struck against a moving object

At approx 5:20 pm a 40 ton articulating truck was traveling along a haulage road impacting a 63" high berm. The truck traveled across the berm and fell 72 feet to the mine floor below. The victim was extracted from the truck by EMS and airlifted to the Hospital.