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| + | On April 28, 2010, a roof collapsed at the company's [[Dotiki Mine]] in Hopkins County, Kentucky, killing one miner and leaving another missing. KY Gov. Steve Beshear said rescue crews had to pull back after reaching the site of the collapse when the roof became unstable. United Mine Workers officials say two other miners escaped. The missing miners were operating what's known as a continuous miner, a machine that digs coal for transport to the surface.<ref name="ap">[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ig5LJgqRLxQqyXPWGKvfaFjqL_swD9FCS7O00 "http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ig5LJgqRLxQqyXPWGKvfaFjqL_swD9FCS7O00"] Google, April 29, 2010.</ref> | ||
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| + | Records show inspectors from the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing have issued 31 orders to close sections of the mine or to shut down equipment because of safety violations since January 2009. Those records also show an additional 44 citations for safety violations that didn't result in closure orders.<ref name="ap"/> | ||
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| + | According to the Herald-Leader, the Dotiki operator was "cited 216 times so far in 2010, according to MSHA's Web site. In 2009, the company was cited 649 times, more than the 458 citations issued last year against the West Virginia mine that blew up April 5 killing 29. On April 13, MSHA cited the operator for not notifying it quickly of an accident and for not preserving an accident site." And: | ||
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| + | "[ARP CEO] Joe Craft, the president of Dotiki owner Alliance, organized a group of donors last year to pay for a new $7 million 'Wildcat Coal Lodge' to house the University of Kentucky men's basketball players on campus. Alliance also was tied to a controversy last year over the firing of the state's director of the state Division of Mine Permits. Ron Mills said he refused to issue about a half-dozen mine permits requested over the past year, chiefly by the politically connected Alliance Resource Partners, because they did not comply with federal and state mining law. Mills' denials were overruled."<ref>[http://www.kentucky.com/2010/04/29/1244091/2-missing-in-western-ky-coal-mine.html#ixzz0mWAkZmix "1 missing, 1 dead in Kentucky mine with link to UK donor"] Lexington Herald-Leader, April 29, 2010.</ref> | ||
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| + | The mine was at least partially idled in 2004 when a supply tractor caught fire and spread flames to the coal, timbers, and other equipment. 70 miners were trapped underground but were safely evacuated, and the mine returned to full production in about a month. In 1995, a worker died outside the mine when the bulldozer he was operating fell into a cavity in a coal stock pile. He was buried in coal and suffocated.<ref name="ap"/> | ||
==Contact Details== | ==Contact Details== | ||
Revision as of 19:22, 29 April 2010
{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}}Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (ARLP) describes itself as "a diversified coal producer and marketer with significant operations in the eastern United States" and states that it is "the fifth-largest coal producer in the eastern United States."[1]
On its website ARLP states its "customer base includes major utilities and industrial users ... More than 80 percent of ARLP's sales tonnage is dedicated to electric utilities that have long-term contractual relationships with the company."[1]
At 2008 year end, ARLP states that it had approximately 2,955 full-time employees, $1.0 billion in assets and $1.2 billion in total revenues.[1]
Contents
Mining Operations
The company has coal mining operations in five states -- Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia - as well as a rail-to-barge loading terminal located in Indiana.[2]
- Dotiki Mine
- Excel Mine 3
- Excel Mine 2
- Gibson County Coal
- Gibson South Mine
- Hopkins County Coal
- MC Mining
- Mettiki
- Mountain View Mine
- Pattiki Mine
- Penn Ridge
- Pontiki
- River View
- Tunnel Ridge
- Warrior Coal
Dotiki Mine Roof Collapse
On April 28, 2010, a roof collapsed at the company's Dotiki Mine in Hopkins County, Kentucky, killing one miner and leaving another missing. KY Gov. Steve Beshear said rescue crews had to pull back after reaching the site of the collapse when the roof became unstable. United Mine Workers officials say two other miners escaped. The missing miners were operating what's known as a continuous miner, a machine that digs coal for transport to the surface.[3]
Records show inspectors from the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing have issued 31 orders to close sections of the mine or to shut down equipment because of safety violations since January 2009. Those records also show an additional 44 citations for safety violations that didn't result in closure orders.[3]
According to the Herald-Leader, the Dotiki operator was "cited 216 times so far in 2010, according to MSHA's Web site. In 2009, the company was cited 649 times, more than the 458 citations issued last year against the West Virginia mine that blew up April 5 killing 29. On April 13, MSHA cited the operator for not notifying it quickly of an accident and for not preserving an accident site." And:
"[ARP CEO] Joe Craft, the president of Dotiki owner Alliance, organized a group of donors last year to pay for a new $7 million 'Wildcat Coal Lodge' to house the University of Kentucky men's basketball players on campus. Alliance also was tied to a controversy last year over the firing of the state's director of the state Division of Mine Permits. Ron Mills said he refused to issue about a half-dozen mine permits requested over the past year, chiefly by the politically connected Alliance Resource Partners, because they did not comply with federal and state mining law. Mills' denials were overruled."[4]
The mine was at least partially idled in 2004 when a supply tractor caught fire and spread flames to the coal, timbers, and other equipment. 70 miners were trapped underground but were safely evacuated, and the mine returned to full production in about a month. In 1995, a worker died outside the mine when the bulldozer he was operating fell into a cavity in a coal stock pile. He was buried in coal and suffocated.[3]
Contact Details
ARLP Headquarters
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.
1717 South Boulder Ave., Suite 400
Tulsa, OK 74119
(918) 295-7600
Website: http://www.arlp.com
Articles and resources
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alliance Resource Partners, "About ARLP", Alliance Resource Partners website, accessed June 2009.
- ↑ Alliance Resource Partners, "Operations", Alliance Resource Partners website, accessed June 2009.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 "http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ig5LJgqRLxQqyXPWGKvfaFjqL_swD9FCS7O00" Google, April 29, 2010.
- ↑ "1 missing, 1 dead in Kentucky mine with link to UK donor" Lexington Herald-Leader, April 29, 2010.
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