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Tacoa Highwall Miner

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    Citations, Orders, and Safeguards
    Citations, Orders, and Safeguards
    Please Note: Tacoa Minerals,LLC has been the current operator since 2/13/2008

    Year 104(a) 104(b) 104(d)(1) Proposed
    Penalties ($)
    Current Penalties ($) Amount Paid
    To Date ($)
    2000 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
    2001 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
    2002 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
    2003 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
    2004 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
    2005 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
    2006 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
    2007 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
    2008 11 1 0 2,294.00 2,242.00 2,242.00
    2009 5 0 1 15,200.00 15,200.00 15,200.00
    2010 5 0 0 576.00 576.00 576.00
    2011 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
    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: Tacoa Minerals,LLC has been the current operator since 2/13/2008

    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**
    2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0.0233 2.24
    2001 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0.0090 2.12
    2002 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0.0180 2.29
    2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0.0289 1.94
    2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0.0121 1.76
    2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0.0028 1.50
    2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0.0189 1.36
    2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0.0194 1.39
    2008 0 0 0 0 43,386 73,251 0.00 0.00 0.0102 1.25
    2009 0 0 0 0 48,593 55,275 0.00 0.00 0.0106 1.21
    2010 0 2 0 0 33,241 127,564 0.00 8.81 0.0073 1.10
    2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
    *   Hours worked and accidents & injuries now include office hours or accidents (subunit 99).
    ** Current rates are based on data available as of 2010 Quarter 3. For a further explanation, please see this.
  • MSHA Data
  • Production