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White Buck Coal Company operator

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: P23460

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
300
Mines on record
5
Years on record
2000–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3,671
citations
1,006
significant & substantial
$2,801,044
proposed penalties
$2,318,669
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
4
2013
26
2012
13 (1f)
2011
46
2010
34 (1f)
2009
26
2008
19
2007
22
2006
24
2005
15
2004
17
2003
12
2002
9
2001
20
2000
13

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
November 30, 2012 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
White Buck Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

At Approx. 1:20 am EE, a certified electrician, was fatally injured when he was struck by a maintenance scoop in an intersection of #7 entry on #2 unit during the third shift. Present information suggests that the scoop operator did not observe EE in the intersection prior to the incident due to miscommunication.

July 1, 2010 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
White Buck Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

EE was walking from one crosscut outby the face in the #2 entry toward the face of the #2 entry when he was struck by the #1 shuttle car.