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Performance Coal Company operator

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: P22901

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Fatalities
31
Total incidents
379
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2000–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3,967
citations
1,594
significant & substantial
$15,305,675
proposed penalties
$15,052,057
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
1
2013
1
2012
3
2011
8
2010
53 (29f)
2009
27
2008
20
2007
17
2006
27
2005
31
2004
25
2003
34 (1f)
2002
39
2001
44 (1f)
2000
49

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

31 recorded
April 5, 2010 WV · Coal apprentice, trainee Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Performance Coal Company · Struck by concussion

Victim died as a result of an explosion, cause unkown at this time. Received notification on 4/5/2010 that our employee was missing. Received notification late 4/6/2010 that employee was deceased.

July 19, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Performance Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING #3 SHUTTLE CAR CABLE. POWER TO CABLE HAD BEEN TAGGED & LOCKED OUT. HE WAS DISCOVERED LYING ON HIS BACK & NOT BREATHING. CPR WAS ADMINISTERED AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT APPROX. 8:20 P.M. MSHA/STATE INVESTIGATIONS ARE INCONCLUSIVE AT THIS TIME.

March 29, 2001 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Performance Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE HAD WALKED UP #2 ENTRY & INTO THE BREAKTHROUGH BETWEEN #2 & #3 PILLAR BLOCKS TO WHERE A SCOOP HAD BEEN PARKED. THE FOREMAN & SCOOP OPERATOR WERE IN FRONT OF SCOOP PREPARING TO SET TIMBERS. EE CALLED OUT & ASKED FOREMAN WHERE TO MINE NEXT& FOREMAN NOTICED HIS LIGHT DISAPPEAR. EE WAS DISCOVERED WITH A ROCK(8" H, 4'W, 6'L) ON HIM. GIVEN FIRST-AID, FLOWN TO HOSP., DIED 2 DAYS LATER.