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Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC operator

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation

MSHA operator ID: P24179

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 408
Mines on record: 6
Years on record: 2000–2015

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

2,747

citations

1,068

significant & substantial

$4,223,483

proposed penalties

$2,718,372

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 33 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 81 non-fatal
DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 63 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 60 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 59 non-fatal
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 23 non-fatal

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

April 12, 2001 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY

Pine Ridge Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A MACHINERY ACCIDENT OCCURRED RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS UPPER BODY WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS MINE R BOOM AND COAL RIB.