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Osaka Mining Corporation operator

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

MSHA operator ID: 0063184

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 38
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 2006–2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2006

1,146

citations

359

significant & substantial

$1,038,481

proposed penalties

$787,753

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 7 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 11 non-fatal
MACHINERY 6 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 3 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

OSAKA VA

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

April 22, 2008 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Osaka Mining Corporation · Struck by falling object

The victim was positioned next to the continuous mining machine operator in the No. 7 Heading of the 1 North (about 95'inby S.S.#597). The final shuttle car was being loaded from the face of the place, when a piece of roof bolted rock measuring about 71" long X 39" X 18" thick fell, striking the victim. The injuries received from the occurance were fatal.