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Taft Coal Sales & Associates Incorporated operator

Controlled by Walter Energy Incorporated

MSHA operator ID: P22745

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 51
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 2001–2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

185

citations

significant & substantial

$32,938

proposed penalties

$31,942

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 19 non-fatal
IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 12 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 5 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

December 14, 2012 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Taft Coal Sales & Associates Incorporated · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing up ladder onto Rock Truck when his feet slipped out from under him causing him to fall to the ground.*** Note added Employee died 12/28/12 from complications related to this injury per fatal ruling/notification on 6/27/13 from MSHA.

June 8, 2010 AL · Coal pumper Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Taft Coal Sales & Associates Incorporated · Contact with hot objects or substances

The Service Truck Operator was refueling a drill rig when an ignition from an unknown source resulted in fatal burns.