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Newtown Energy Inc operator

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation

MSHA operator ID: P24373

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 517
Mines on record: 4
Years on record: 2000–2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

4,201

citations

1,667

significant & substantial

$6,208,609

proposed penalties

$3,625,597

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 145 non-fatal
HOISTING 1 fatality · 29 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 120 non-fatal
MACHINERY 57 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 45 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 37 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2014

2013

32 (1f)

2012

2011

2010

2009

35 (1f)

2008

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2001

2000

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

March 13, 2013 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Newtown Energy, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE was fatally injured while installing a rib bolt in the 8 Right Crosscut on Unit 1 when a slick-n-side formation fell from the mine roof inby the ATRS of the bolt machine, struck the mine floor and protruded into the employees work area. The employee was struck against the back with the rock and caught between the drill pot/mast area of the Fletcher DDR-13 WT he was operating.

October 27, 2009 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang Fatality · HOISTING

Newtown Energy Inc · Struck by powered moving object

Hoisting accident, still under investigation.