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Double Bonus Coal Company operator

Controlled by Mechel Oao

MSHA operator ID: 0053059

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 73
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 2004–2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

1,400

citations

370

significant & substantial

$1,749,854

proposed penalties

$913,609

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 8 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 28 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 12 non-fatal
MACHINERY 7 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 6 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 5 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2014

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2008

5 (1f)

2007

2006

6 (1f)

2005

2004

Mines on record

No 65 WV

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

August 22, 2008 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Double Bonus Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

For reasons unknown at this time, the victim came out of the truck and was run over by the truck.

October 30, 2006 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Double Bonus Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was observing the mechanic working on a shuttle car. It was revealed during the accident investigation, that the mechanic pressed the tram pedal, causing the shuttle car to inadvertently move. The shuttle car crushed the employee between the shuttle car and the rib.