Tuesday, December 21, 2010

 

Maple Coal Co. Warned To Improve Safety Record

WEST VIRGINIA....
The Mine Safety and Health Administration warned Maple Coal Co. to improve Fayette County's Maple Eagle No. 1 mine's safety record or face stricter enforcement for having a pattern of violations. Federal regulators say the mine was underreporting its injury record to avoid stricter enforcement. MSHA says it missed the mine in a November screening for mines with bad safety records because the company had 12 unreported or underreported injuries that resulted in miners missing 124 days of work. Maple has 110 days to come up with a plan to cut the rate of serious violations in half. If Maple chooses not to craft a plan, it has to cut the violation rate 70 percent. Maple is owned by British Columbia-based Western Coal.





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