Mining Incidents

West Fork Coal

Cannelburg, Daviess County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202133

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Mar 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
14
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,087
proposed penalties
$1,087
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 7,242 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,715 2 0 145.8
2000 Q2 17,109 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 21,327 12 2 562.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

March 21, 2000 IN · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United Minerals Company Llc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FILLING WATER TRUCK WITH 6" HOSE. HOSE CONNECTION STUCK, USED FEET TO LOOSEN CONNECTION LOST BALANCE FALLING ON FACE CAUSING SCRAPES TWISTING NECK MUSCLES.