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Tug Valley Coal Processing Company operator

Controlled by Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated

MSHA operator ID: P24183

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 29
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 2000–2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$25,213

proposed penalties

$5,025

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 8 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 8 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
NO VALUE FOUND 3 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2004

2 (1f)

2003

2002

2001

2000

9 (1f)

Mines on record

MILLER CREEK PREP. PLANT WV

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

June 10, 2004 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Tug Valley Coal Processing Company · Struck by powered moving object

WHILE HAULING DIRT DOWN THE IMPOUNDMENT HAUL ROAD, IT APPEARS EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL OF THE 10 WHEELER TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING. HE JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK AND IT STRUCK HIM CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.

December 27, 2000 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Tug Valley Coal Processing Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING BESIDE A 8" FROZEN SLURRY LINE. HE WAS CHIPPING ICE WHICH EXITED THE PIPE & LODGED AGAINST HILLSIDE. HE WOULD CHIP A PIECE OUT &ANOTHER WOULD COME OUT & GET LODGED. HE DID THIS ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES WHEN PRESSURE OR SOMETHING CAUSED THE PIPE TO MOVE POSSIBLY STRIKING HIM. THE PIPE RAISED UP AND LANDED ABOUT 80' UP THE HILL.