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Viper Coal

Bledsoe, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1512603

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2014
Latest incident
Dec 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
510
citations
256
significant & substantial
$112,690
proposed penalties
$108,121
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
2018 Q4 1,982 1 0 504.5
2018 Q3 2,297 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,390 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,390 2 0 836.8
2017 Q3 1,501 2 1 1332.4
2017 Q1 1,986 1 0 503.5
2016 Q4 2,133 2 0 937.6
2016 Q3 2,159 1 0 463.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

December 1, 2014 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bledsoe Coal Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating loader loading coal, when finish employee went to get off of loader. While climbing down loader ladder foot slip off step hurting back and knees. Employee became a lost time accident due to a slip disk. Became a lost time accident on 12/2/2014

January 31, 2014 KY · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bledsoe Coal Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling on a pump suction line in a frozen pond when he felt a strain in his stomach. he went to doctor and diagnosed with a very small umbilical hernia but employee did not treat. Employee has returned to his regular job with no lost time or restrictions.

2013 · 1 incident

July 11, 2013 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bledsoe Coal Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was taking out garbage when he picked up 4 lb garbage can straining his lower back, employee has become a lost time due to this injury. Company was not informed of being a lost time accident until recently due because we were unable to reach employee.

2012 · 1 incident

September 5, 2012 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bledsoe Coal Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was preparing to work on beltline when belt knife lock did not set, causing knife to close on hand when pressure put on knife, cutting right hand. Sutures required.

2003 · 1 incident

January 21, 2003 KY · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Bledsoe Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

EE ALLEGES HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE CHANGED DIRECTIONS ON THE DOZER AND IT JERKED HIM BACK.

2001 · 2 incidents

November 1, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE HOISTING SHEETING MATERIAL, THE CLAMP SECURED TO THE MATERIAL FAILED CAUSING THE INJURED TO SLIP AND FALL TO THE GROUND.

September 14, 2001 KY · Coal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shamrock Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED EMPLOYED WAS REACHING ABOVE HIS HEAD TO HAND A HAND RAIL POST TO A CO-WORKER. A HAND RAIL POST WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 20 POUNDS. EE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER / UPPER ARM.

2000 · 1 incident