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Island Creek Coal Company operator

Controlled by CONSOL Energy Inc

MSHA operator ID: P22421

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 242
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 2000–2006

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

3,418

citations

1,216

significant & substantial

$853,159

proposed penalties

$834,379

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 fatality
HOISTING 86 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 46 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 24 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 19 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 13 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

January 28, 2002 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by flying object

IT IS THE BELIEF OF THE INVESTIGATION TEAMS THATTHE VICTIM WAS STANDING APPROX. 8' FROM A PUMP AT ITS ON/OFF SWITCH. UPON DEENERGIZING THE PUMPA CONDITION WITHIN THE PUMP CAUSED IT TO EXPLODE PROPELLING THE IMPELLER COVER PLATE STRIKING THEVICTIM ON THE TORSO AND PELVIS.