Mining Incidents

Flat Creek Coal

Triad Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by James River Coal Company
Petersburg, Pike County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202391

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
23
citations
4
significant & substantial
$6,137
proposed penalties
$6,137
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
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 79 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,195 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 638 2 1 3134.8
2008 Q4 12,183 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 14,605 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 18,425 3 0 162.8
2008 Q1 4,319 7 1 1620.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 1 incident

May 14, 2008 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triad Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee strained his right shoulder climbing off a piece of equipment; he has been working and going to therapy but the doctor decided to take him off work for further treatment on 09-29-2008.

2007 · 1 incident

September 29, 2007 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Triad Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

The clay bank in pit #1 slid into the coal pit, shoving an end dump truck which slid into the loader. Five inches of rain, 36 hours before the slide, was a contributing factor.