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Addington Mining, Inc operator

Controlled by Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated

MSHA operator ID: P22609

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 23
Mines on record: 4
Years on record: 2000–2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

224

citations

133

significant & substantial

$225,238

proposed penalties

$116,284

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 8 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 6 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
FIRE 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2002

2001

2000

8 (2f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

May 18, 2000 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Addington Mining, Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE CONTACTED A 20 INCH HIGH PRESSURE GAS LINE WITH HIS LOADER BUCKET WHILE REMOVING OVERBURDEN. AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN WHICH HE WAS BURNED WHILE TRYING TO GET AWAY. HE PASSED AWAY AS A RESULT OF THESE BURNS ON 5-19-00.

March 7, 2000 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY

Addington Mining, Inc · Struck against stationary object

DOZER WENT OVER SLOPE GOT SADDLEBAGGED ON ROCK CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL BLADE HIT STUMP CAUSING DOZER TO FLIP END FOR END. OPERATOR EJECTED CAUSING DEATH.