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River View Coal LLC operator

Controlled by Alliance Resource Partners LP

MSHA operator ID: 0072463

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 940
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 2007–2026

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

10,147

citations

2,041

significant & substantial

$4,229,790

proposed penalties

$3,515,939

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 159 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 83 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 336 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 111 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 96 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 88 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

December 4, 2021 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY

River View Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee placed self on the bumper of the miner below the unsupported conveyor tail boom with the machine still energized. EE apparently was trying to trouble shoot issues with the stab jack by utilizing the remote control functions and in the process inadvertently lowered the tail onto self resulting in fatal crushing injuries.

October 27, 2010 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

River View Coal LLC · Struck by powered moving object

Employee received fatal injuries from a shuttle car that struck him while hanging a check curtain on the #6 unit, #7 entry, #11 seam. His body was discovered by the car operator upon returning from the feeder. (AN MSHA, STATE AND COMPANY INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.)