Mining Incidents

Catenary Coal Company LLC operator

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P20655

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Fatalities
4
Total incidents
228
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2000–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
672
citations
301
significant & substantial
$292,889
proposed penalties
$217,816
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2015
4
2014
6
2013
2
2010
5
2009
7 (1f)
2008
11
2007
28
2006
26
2005
16
2004
17 (1f)
2003
28
2002
29 (1f)
2001
23 (1f)
2000
26

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

4 recorded
July 28, 2009 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Employee was driving a loaded hauler when he backed the hauler into a pond with no hesitation.

December 2, 2004 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY
Catenary Coal Company LLC · Struck by falling object

Treecutter was cutting a tree that had another tree leaning into it. Cutter was fatally injured when the leaning tree fell on him.

December 26, 2002 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler Fatality · MACHINERY
Catenary Coal Company LLC · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED HIS SHIFT AS A DRAGLINE OILER. HE WAS SEEN LEAVING. AT SOME POINT, HE CAME BACK TO THE MACHINE. IT IS THEORIZED THAT HE CAME BACK FOR HIS CELL PHONE WHICH WAS DISCOV ERED LEFT BEHIND ON THE MACHINE. HE FAILED TO NOTIFY THE OPERATOR THAT HE WAS BACK AND HE WAS TO BOARD THE MACHINE. HE WAS APPARENTLY STRUCK BY THE RIGHT DRAGLINE SHOE WHILE BOARDING.

November 1, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Catenary Coal Company LLC · Struck by powered moving object

DRIVER GOT OUT OF TRUCK, NOT SETTING PARK BRAKES, PULLED HAND BRAKE. WAS FOUND PASSENGER SIDE OF TRAILER WITH SERVICE LINE DISCONNECTED. DRIVER WAS LAYING ON GROUND HEAD TOWARD FRON OF TRUCK, TANDEMS HAD RUN OVER LEGS, STOMACH AND CHEST AREA. TRUCK WAS RUNNING AND HAD MOVED APPROXIMATELY 16' HITTING TRUCK IN FRONT.