Mining Incidents

Coal River Mining LLC operator

Controlled by James O Bunn; Franklin D Robertson
MSHA operator ID: 0051422

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
340
Mines on record
6
Years on record
2003–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
2,644
citations
1,112
significant & substantial
$3,234,625
proposed penalties
$2,362,089
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
15
2013
41
2012
23 (1f)
2011
28
2010
36
2009
30
2008
32
2007
27
2006
43
2005
25 (1f)
2004
30
2003
10

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
July 27, 2012 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · MACHINERY
Coal River Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

At approximately 4:00am on the 27th of July 2012 a fatal incident occurred when the boom of the continuous miner struck the employee. The accident remains under investigation.

March 31, 2005 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coal River Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Unintentional roof fall occured in the H6 entry causing fatal injuries.