Mining Incidents

Roxana Prep Plant Coal

Kingdom Coal, LLC · Facility
Controlled by Michael Blubaugh
Roxana, Letcher County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1511121

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
2000–2014
Latest incident
May 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
258
citations
72
significant & substantial
$26,215
proposed penalties
$22,000
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
2025 Q4 1,058 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 1 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 1 0
2023 Q3 0 1 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2014 · 3 incidents

May 2, 2014 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Enterprise Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cumulative Trauma/ repetitive work

May 2, 2014 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Enterprise Mining Company LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Coal Dust/ Black Lung

May 2, 2014 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Enterprise Mining Company LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hearing Loss/ Loud Noise

2010 · 1 incident

October 28, 2010 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting dryer basket to remove socket from underneath when he felt pain in his back.

2009 · 2 incidents

August 13, 2009 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing metal that had been cut from the floor when it slipped and caught his thumb between the handrail and piece of metal. He received a laceration that required stitches.

July 8, 2009 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Enterprise Mining Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee struck his foot on a piece of steel, cutting his right boot and foot.

2006 · 1 incident

February 3, 2006 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing vegitation from area around a waterline at the plant entrance to splice waterline when a weed struck him in the left eye.

2004 · 3 incidents

November 18, 2004 KY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Enterprise Mining Company LLC · Struck by falling object

EE stated he was in the process of examining the primary sampler for the clean coal loadout, while moving the metal that was next to the sampler cutter guard, the metal fell pinning him against the floor, causing fractures to both legs and his left hip.

November 17, 2004 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Enterprise Mining Company LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS HEATING A BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE DUST BOX ON A 320 CAT EXCAVATOR WITH A DRILL ATTACHMENT. AFTER HEATING THE BRACKET, EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN THE BRACKET USING A LONG PIECE OF PIPE TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRACKET. EE WAS STANDING IN A MUDDY AREA THAT HAD LOOSE MATERIAL. THE PIPE SLIPPED FROM THE BRACKET & EE SLIPPED, FALLING ON HIS LT. LOWER LEG BREAKING IT.

February 14, 2004 KY · Coal NO VALUE FOUND
Enterprise Mining Company LLC · No Value Found

EE STATED HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL FROM INSIDE THE RAW COAL CHUTE, WHEN THE PIECE OF METAL WAS FREE, IT FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A LACERATION AND FRACTURE.

2001 · 5 incidents

October 24, 2001 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A 8' STEP LADDER, HITTING ON SIDE OF CHUTE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. ONE OF THE LEGS OF THE LADDER SPLIT CAUSING LADDER & EMPLOYEE TO FALL. SEEN DOCTOR 10/28/01 X-RAYED FRAC TURE OF WRIST.

August 6, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO AN OUTRIGGER OF A CRANE, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL APPROX. 4' TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS BACK, HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO LOWER BACK, AND RIGHT WRIST. EM PLOYEE SENT TO ARH FOR EXAM, X-RAYS NEG. FOR ANY FRACTURES, EMPLOYEE MISSED 4 DAYS OF WORK.

April 26, 2001 KY · Coal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN COLUMN SAMPLE. AS HE DESCENDED THE STEPS, HE STEPPED IN SPILLED DIESEL FUEL. HE SLIPPED AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.

2000 · 3 incidents

June 28, 2000 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WE HAD PUT A ROLL OF BOLT ONTO THE PLANT FEED BELT LINE. EMPLOYEE WAS BEHIND THE TAIL ROLLER. THE BOLT SLID AROUND, PINNING EMPLOYEES LEG BETWEEN THE ANGLE IRON RAIL AND THE BELT.

January 11, 2000 KY · Coal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM A SPILL. EMPLOYEE LIFTED A SHOVEL FULL AND TURNED, THE WENT TO HIS KNEES HE WAS HELPED UP BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.