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Liberty Mine

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  • Summary
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    Citations, Orders, and Safeguards
    Citations, Orders, and Safeguards
    Please Note: Farrell-Cooper Mining Company has been the current operator since 8/16/1993

    Year 104(a) 104(d)(1) 104(g)(1) 107(a) Proposed
    Penalties ($)
    Current Penalties ($) Amount Paid
    To Date ($)
    1995 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
    1996 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
    1997 37 2 0 0 3,453.00 3,453.00 3,453.00
    1998 14 0 0 0 6,679.00 5,948.00 5,948.00
    1999 10 0 0 0 1,390.00 1,390.00 1,390.00
    2000 25 0 1 0 4,767.00 4,767.00 4,767.00
    2001 16 0 0 0 2,308.00 2,308.00 2,308.00
    2002 5 0 0 0 427.00 427.00 427.00
    2003 8 0 0 0 460.00 460.00 460.00
    2004 9 0 0 0 916.00 916.00 916.00
    2005 12 0 0 0 1,145.00 1,145.00 1,145.00
    2006 3 0 0 0 442.00 442.00 442.00
    2007 25 0 0 0 12,208.00 6,899.00 6,899.00
    2008 14 0 0 0 5,717.00 5,536.00 5,536.00
    2009 15 0 0 1 7,079.00 7,079.00 3,791.00
    2010 35 0 0 0 5,978.00 5,978.00 400.00
    Note: Vacated Citations are not included in any reports on the DRS.

    Injuries, Hours Worked, and Production Totals
    Injuries, Hours Worked, and Production Totals
    Please Note: Farrell-Cooper Mining Company has been the current operator since 8/16/1993

    Year Fatal Operator
    Injuries
    NFDL Operator
    Injuries
    Fatal Contractor
    Injuries
    NFDL Contractor
    Injuries
    Operator Hours
    Worked*
    Coal
     Produced 
    (tons)
    Operator Fatal
    Incidence Rate**
    Operator NFDL
    Incidence Rate**
    Mine Type
    National Fatal
    Incidence Rate**
    Mine Type
    National NFDL
    Incidence Rate**
    1995 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0.0232 2.71
    1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0.0082 2.33
    1997 0 6 0 2 95,649 201,259 0.00 12.55 0.0111 2.37
    1998 0 8 0 0 115,194 640,726 0.00 13.89 0.0057 2.25
    1999 0 4 0 2 114,923 614,168 0.00 6.96 0.0309 2.07
    2000 0 5 0 1 121,014 521,786 0.00 8.26 0.0233 2.24
    2001 0 2 0 1 120,490 512,687 0.00 3.32 0.0090 2.13
    2002 0 5 0 1 100,794 405,531 0.00 9.92 0.0180 2.29
    2003 0 5 0 0 95,298 506,047 0.00 10.49 0.0290 1.94
    2004 0 1 0 1 104,170 436,605 0.00 1.92 0.0121 1.76
    2005 0 1 0 0 105,637 408,817 0.00 1.89 0.0028 1.49
    2006 0 1 0 0 99,080 350,569 0.00 2.02 0.0189 1.35
    2007 0 1 0 0 74,670 138,977 0.00 2.68 0.0194 1.38
    2008 0 0 0 0 79,809 169,336 0.00 0.00 0.0102 1.25
    2009 0 0 0 0 58,603 123,766 0.00 0.00 0.0107 1.23
    2010 0 1 0 1 16,712 35,531 - - - -
    *   Hours worked and accidents & injuries now include office hours or accidents (subunit 99).
    ** Current rates are based on data available as of 2009 Quarter 4. For a further explanation, please see this.
  • MSHA Data
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