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Bent Branch Plant Coal

Matergy, Inc. · Facility

Controlled by Paul Snyder

Turkey Creek, Pike County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1511654

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2000–2001
Latest incident: Jan 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$4,801

proposed penalties

$2,440

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	Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3	0	4
2018 Q2	0	0
2018 Q1	60	0	0.0
2017 Q4	0	0
2017 Q3	0	0
2017 Q2	0	0
2017 Q1	0	0
2016 Q4	0	1

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

2001 · 1 incident

January 26, 2001 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Holston Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED HE WAS BACKING THE DOZER FROM A COAL PILE THAT MEASURED 3' HIGH AND AS THE REAR OF THE DOZER NEARED THE EDGE OF THE SMALL PILE, THE DOZER TIPPED, CAUSING THE REAR OF THE DOZER TO STR IKE THE CONCRETE PAD. EE STATED, WHEN THE DOZER STRUCK THE CONCRETE PAD HE WAS JARRED IN THE DOZER'S SEAT.

2000 · 1 incident

January 14, 2000 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Holston Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ON 01-14-00 EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE FELL AT A FLOOR DRAIN AND STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INJURED. HE CONTINUED TO WORK REGULAR UNTIL 02-18-00 WHEN HE INFORMED MANAGEMENT THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING KNEE AND BACK PAIN FROM THE 01-14-00 INCIDENT. WENT TO DOCTOR 03-02-00 DID NOT TAKE OFF WEEK AS DOCTOR SUGGESTED. THIS EMPLOYEE HAD PREVIOUS NON WORK RELATED INJURY AND COMPANY WAITING ON POS