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Martin Co. Coal Corp operator

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: P00908

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
185
Mines on record
19
Years on record
2000–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,364
citations
754
significant & substantial
$802,002
proposed penalties
$688,273
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
1
2014
5
2013
1
2012
9
2011
29 (1f)
2010
17
2009
9
2008
4
2007
3
2006
3
2005
3
2004
11
2003
23
2002
27
2001
19
2000
21 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
July 11, 2011 KY · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Martin County Coal · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was operating the 15 ton Brookville track motor and his head was pinned between the canopy on the motor and a beam on an overcast.

May 24, 2000 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Martin County Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

THE DECEASED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER MOVING COAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYER BELT WHEN A PORTION OF HIGHWALL FAILED AND STRUCK THE LOADER. ONLY A FEW SECONDS OF WARNING WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE PORTION OF HIGHWALL THAT FELL MEASURED APPROX 160 FT LONG BY UP TO 60 FT HIGH AND THE THICKNESS RANGED FROM FEATHEREDGED TO 10 FT.