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Castle Valley Mining LLC operator

Controlled by Rhino Resource Partners LP

MSHA operator ID: 0112765

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 67
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 2011–2020

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2011

1,139

citations

163

significant & substantial

$780,509

proposed penalties

$624,063

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 23 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 12 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 10 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 5 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 5 non-fatal

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

March 22, 2013 UT · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Castle Valley Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

The Continuous Miner had started into a left hand turn on the second lift off the pillar. A roof fall approx. 22'x25' ranging in thickness from 12" to 22" occurred, striking the employee, causing fatal crushing injuries.