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Pyro Prep Plant Coal

American Engineering & Construction · Facility

Controlled by Timothy P Smith

Sturgis, Webster County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1511704

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 24
Years on record: 2000–2003
Latest incident: Dec 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

322

citations

significant & substantial

$25,138

proposed penalties

$11,881

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
2006 Q3	0	0
2006 Q2	0	0
2006 Q1	0	0
2005 Q4	0	1
2005 Q3	1,729	0	0.0
2005 Q2	0	2
2005 Q1	0	4
2004 Q4	0	0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

24 on file

2003 · 9 incidents

December 10, 2003 KY · Coal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

American Engineering & Construction · Struck by falling object

REMOVING BEARING FROM 8 X 20 SCREEN WITH LEVER HOIST, WHEN BEARING WAS LOWERED TO WALKWAY, SLACK OCCURRED IN CHAIN ALLOWING LEVER HOIST TO FALL STRIKING EE ON LEFT LOWER LEG.

October 29, 2003 KY · Coal NO VALUE FOUND

American Engineering & Construction · No Value Found

SURGE BIN BOTTOM OPENING STOPPED UP WITH FINES, WHILE WASHING BIN OUT WATER BUILT UP IN BIN ABOVE FINE COAL. WHEN BOTTOM OPENING WAS SPRAYEDWITH FIRE HOSE, FINE COAL AND WATER BROKE LOOSE PUSHING EE OFF OF STAIRWAY TO GROUND APPROX 6'.

September 22, 2003 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

American Engineering & Construction · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING GEAR FROM SHAFT. EE WERE USING 8# SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE PIN TO REMOVE GEAR. DURING THE PROCESS THE HAMMER END BROKE APART FROM THE HANDLE, STRIKING SUBJECT IN THE NOSE AREA OF HIS FACE. SUBJECT TREATED FOR BROKEN NOSE.

August 19, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

American Engineering & Construction · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS HANDLING METAL AND HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH RAW EDGE THAT PUNCTURED HIS HAND.

April 11, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING OUT #42 CHUTE AND WAS HITTING WIPER ON ROLLER WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND STRUCK A PIECE OF METAL STICKING OUT FROM THE CHUTE CUTTING HIS HAND.

April 7, 2003 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING SIEVE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT GROIN.

March 24, 2003 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS STANDING ON LADDER FLUSHING OUT PIPE WHEN THE MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE AND CAME RUSHING DOWN THE PIPE. THE EE GRABBED THE PIPE TO KEEP FROM BEING KNOCKED OFF THE LADDER CAUSING HIM TO CUT H IS LEFT HAND ON JAGGED EDGE OF PIPE.

February 5, 2003 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM LOADER, FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND AND TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

February 4, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE REPLACING V-BELT ON A CLARIFYING PUMP, EE WAS REMOVING A GUARD BY HIMSELF WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER ABDOMEN.

2002 · 7 incidents

October 14, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS LIFTING END LOADER GRILL AND THAT THIS IS WHEN HE COULD HAVE HURT HIS WRIST.

August 28, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF FEED BOX TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT REFUSE SCREEN, AFTER PLACING FOOT ON HAND RAIL TO CLIMB DOWN HE SLIPPED AND HIT TOE PLATE, TURNING RIGHT ANKLE.

May 3, 2002 KY · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 4 FT COAL BAR TO PRY OFF MUD BUILD UP IN THE BF 1 BELT CHUTE WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD AT THE CORNER OF HIS RIGHT EYE. THIS REQUIR ED STITCHES.

March 28, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING V-BELTS ON THE DE-ENERGIZED A HEAVY MEDIA CLEAN COAL SCREEN WHEN HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BELTS AND MOTOR SHEAVE.

March 23, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Fall onto or against objects

A SIDE H.M. CLEAN COAL SCREENING WAS DOWN AND NEEDED WELDING DONE. THE EE STEPPED OVER INTO THE SCREEN TO START REPAIRS WHEN HE FELT HIS RIGHT KNEE POP.

March 20, 2002 KY · Coal rotary dump operator, car dump operator ELECTRICAL

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Contact with electrical current

EE WAS USING A ROPE TO PULL A 110V SUBMERSIBLE PUMP OUT OF A HOLE AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. HE FELL OVER ON HIS RIGHT SIDE AND TOLD HIS C0-WORKER THAT HE HAD BEEN SHOCKED.

January 12, 2002 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RUNNING A D9L DOZER, PUSHING COAL TO FEED THE PREP PLANT, THE EE STARTED HAVING PAIN INHIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN. HE REPORTED THE PAIN TWO DAYS LATER AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT.

2001 · 6 incidents

September 17, 2001 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN THE #2 PLANT FLOOR, HE STEPPED OVER A PUMP SUCTION LINE, LOST HIS BALANCE AND PUT HIS RIHT ARM OUT TO CATCH HIMSLEF. IN SO DOING HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT HAND.

July 17, 2001 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Contact with hot objects or substances

AS EE WAS WELDING ON A BRACE, HOT METAL SPARK BURNED THROUGH HIS TROUSERS AND FELL DOWN INTO HIS RUBBER BOOT CAUSING BURNS TO HIS LEFT LOWER LEG AND FOOT.

June 22, 2001 KY · Coal IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE CUTTING A NOTCH IN A 10 3/4 INCH METAL PIPE WITH TORCH, AN IGNITION OCCURRED WHEN HOT MET AL OR A SPARK FELL DOWN INTO A PIPE THAT HAD BEEN DRILLED TO PUMP WATER FROM. PRIOR TO CUTTING T HE PIPE, A WATER SOAKED WOOL FIRST AID BLANKET HAD BEEN PLACED INSIDE THE HOLE BETWEEN THE CASING AND THE METAL PIPE TO PREVENT HOT METAL OR A SPARK FROM FALLING DOWN THE HOLE.

May 17, 2001 KY · Coal IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Accident type, without injuries

AFTER DRILLING A HOLE FOR WATER IN AN ABANDONED MINE (#6 HIGHWALL) AN IGNITION WHILE CUTTING A WALL CASING. THE PIPE WAS APPROX 11 FT ABOVE THE GROUND AND WAS 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER. WHILE CUTT ING THE PIPE, A PIECE OF HOT METAL ON A SPARK FELL IN THE HOLE CAUSING AN IGNITION. A GUSH OF AIR WAS REPORTED, NO FLAMES.

April 6, 2001 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AS THIS EE AND ANOTHER WERE LIFTING A GUARD TO PLACE ON A FEEDER, HE FELT PAIN GO DOWN HIS LEFT HIP AND LEG.

January 11, 2001 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING THE BOLT HEAD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE TIGHTENING THE NUT WITH A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS, HIS RIGHT HAND POPPED ABOVE RIGHT THUMB THEN HE COULDN'T MOVE THE THUMB AWAY FROM HIS PA LM.

2000 · 2 incidents

October 23, 2000 KY · Coal weighman, scale person DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONTINUOUS USE OF COMPUTER KEYBOARD HAS CAUSED EMPLOYEE'S WRIST TO HURT WHEN BENDING. MOST OF THE PAIN IS ON THE BOTTOM PART OF HER WRIST. BEGAN MISSING WORK 6/7/01.

August 28, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lodestar Energy Incorporated · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING AND TWISTING TO GET ITNO POSITION TO WELD DOOR FRAME AND PULLED LEFT LOWER BACK.