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Progress Coal operator

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: P24044

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Fatalities
3
Total incidents
196
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2000–2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
690
citations
297
significant & substantial
$730,147
proposed penalties
$545,876
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2013
5
2012
6
2011
11
2010
11
2009
12
2008
20
2007
21
2006
29
2005
14
2004
4
2003
16 (2f)
2002
25
2001
15 (1f)
2000
7

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded
September 17, 2003 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Progress Coal · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PORTAL VAN PULLED IN FRONT OF A 190 EUCLID ROCK TRUCK. ROCK TRUCK PULLED INTO VAN, CRUSHING THE VAN. IT WAS DARK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

September 17, 2003 WV · Coal drill helper Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Progress Coal · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PORTAL VAN PULLED IN FRONT OF A 190 EUCLID ROCK TRUCK. THE TRUCK PULLED INTO THE VAN, CRUSHING THE VAN. IT WAS DARK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

September 14, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Progress Coal · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ENTERED THE MANLIFT TO BE LOWERED TO THE GROUND, AS THE MANLIFT BEGAN TO DESCEND THE SUPPORT TUBE BROKE AND IT APPEARS TO HAVE STRUCK HE IN THIS HEAD. EMT'S ADMINISTERED FIRST AID AT THE JO B SITE UNTIL HEALTH NET WHERE HE PAST AWAY.