{Charleston, West Virginia}...Thursday, MSHA released inspection documents showing Alpha Natural Resources has been cited for more than 200 safety violations after the company did not evacuate Alpha's Road Fork 51 Mine in Wyoming County when workers encountered thick smoke from a burned conveyor belt. MSHA filed an imminent danger order at the mine May on 18th. MSHA evacuated all employees, except for a few foremen. No one was injured, but the order wasn't lifted for three days. At Road Fork, investigators found inoperable smoke detectors and fire suppression systems, inadequate conveyor belt maintenance, and multiple accumulations of explosive coal dust as deep as 18 inches. Thursday, May 31, 2012
Alpha Natural Resources Cited
{Charleston, West Virginia}...Thursday, MSHA released inspection documents showing Alpha Natural Resources has been cited for more than 200 safety violations after the company did not evacuate Alpha's Road Fork 51 Mine in Wyoming County when workers encountered thick smoke from a burned conveyor belt. MSHA filed an imminent danger order at the mine May on 18th. MSHA evacuated all employees, except for a few foremen. No one was injured, but the order wasn't lifted for three days. At Road Fork, investigators found inoperable smoke detectors and fire suppression systems, inadequate conveyor belt maintenance, and multiple accumulations of explosive coal dust as deep as 18 inches. 