Mining Incidents

S-25 Foresters Spur Coal

Blackjewel L.L.C. · Surface
Controlled by Jeffery A Hoops
Wallins, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1514728

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
27
Years on record
2001–2013
Latest incident
Sep 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
320
citations
80
significant & substantial
$441,631
proposed penalties
$86,642
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 Q1 2,053 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,053 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 17,498 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,897 7 0 707.3
2016 Q1 17,649 20 3 1133.2
2015 Q4 15,509 3 0 193.4
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 33,069 0 0 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

27 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

September 12, 2013 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was pushing dirt with a D6 dozer and while going backwards he ran over a rock and hurt his shoulder. Employee went to the Dr., and was told he had a pulled muscle. The employee returned to work the following day. The employee continued to complain of pain in his shoulder and went back to the Dr, and has been put off work.

July 12, 2013 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was changing bit on the Highwall miner head and a rock became dislodged from the wall and hit the employee and knocked him into the miner head. The employee received a fractured right wrist and two fractured vertebrate.

2012 · 3 incidents

May 15, 2012 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was shoveling the power head on the highwall miner, the miner was on a steep a grade and the beam he was standing on was wet and muddy. The employee slipped and when he tried to catch himself he pulled something in his back.

May 8, 2012 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was traveling up a hill in a pick-up truck and hit a large hole in the road. It shook the employee and caused whiplash. The employee was taken to the Harlan ARH. He has a bulging disc in his neck.

January 24, 2012 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

Dozer was cleaning the highwall and over extended and material gave out and caused the dozer to slide and over turn one time. The operator was thrown in the floor and suffered five broke vertebrae, two broken ribs, punctured stomach, bruised intestines, cut on the ear, and a broken foot.

2011 · 5 incidents

December 9, 2011 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

Truck Driver was traveling down a ladder and slipped and fell to the ground and broke his ankle.

September 17, 2011 KY · Coal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was attempting to remove a crane from a mechanics truck when the two chains he was using one of them came off. This allowed the base of the crane to fall to the floor. The employee was then struck in the leg by the crane and received a compound fracture to the right leg.

July 13, 2011 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The operator was climbing down off of his loader and stepped into a hole. When he did it twisted his back and hip. He continued to work until 08/23/2011 when the doctor he went to see put him off work for therapy. Again he did not get put off work until 08/23/2011.

April 20, 2011 KY · Coal safety director SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Fall from ladders

The employee came down a ladder when the bottom kicked out, causing him to fall and strike his head on concrete floor. The doctor said he had a concussion.

April 8, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

The employee was pressure washing and he brought the wand in front of his body when it caught on his rain suit. Then the wand sprayed 180 degree water into his rubber boot. This blistered the top of his left foot.

2010 · 5 incidents

August 24, 2010 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

The excavator dropped a big rock onto the truck that EE was driving and it shook the truck therefore he said it hurt his neck.

July 30, 2010 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

There had been a small shower and the road was slick. The water truck driver started out from the pond and up the hill. He had almost got to the top of the hill when the truck spun out. Then the truck went backwards down the hill about 130 feet. The truck went up the spoil on the driver side and turned over onto the passenger side of the truck.

June 7, 2010 KY · Coal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee had a come-along hooked to the nose cone of the dozer then was releasing the come-along and there was more slack came in the come-along than expected. The employee tried to get out of the way and to stop the nose cone but was unable. The nose cone rested against his leg and the blade. It had his leg until they jacked the nose cone back off.

May 12, 2010 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

The employee was attempting to get out of his truck and stepped down to the step on the fuel tank. His boots being muddy his foot slipped and his tail bone hit the fuel tank. He didn't go to the doctor for a couple of weeks till his neck started hurting him. He has not missed any work from 5/12/10 to 12/6/10. The doctor wants him off till after he recovers from the surgery.

April 28, 2010 KY · Coal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was airing up a two piece rim for a mack truck. The rim broke and struck the employee in the upper part of his left arm, this broke his arm.

2009 · 2 incidents

July 1, 2009 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

It had rained and the employee was climbing down from the service truck when he got his foot tangled up in a chain and slipped and fell. He landed on his hip. It was also muddy since it had rained.

2008 · 2 incidents

October 8, 2008 KY · Coal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a heavy drill by himself and injured his back. Employee worked a few more days after it happened before he went to a doctor.

August 8, 2008 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

Operator had truck in too high of a gear and tried to downshift on the hill. He was properly trained by an experienced operator on this truck. The miner only received some scratches and bruises.

2007 · 3 incidents

October 22, 2007 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing into powder truck cab when he slipped and fell backwards. Employee tried to catch himself with his right hand. Broke bone in hand.

September 22, 2007 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was welding on dozer blade. Dozer blade was blocked up and blade fell from blocks, hitting EE's right knee and injuring ankle.

June 5, 2007 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was assisting with repairing 1100 excavator when he jumped from track of 1100 to get a shovel, thus injuring knee.

2005 · 1 incident

April 4, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee missed step while climbing down from dozer, hitting the push arm on the dozer while falling, landing on right hand and ribs.

2004 · 1 incident

2003 · 2 incidents

November 13, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOING REPAIR ON EXCAVATOR BUCKET; PIECE OF METALSLIPPED; CUT & BROKE 3 FINGERS ON LEFT HAND

February 5, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fox Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING ENGINE COVER ON DOZER WHEN WELD BROKE ON COVER- HITTING RIGHT ARM

2001 · 1 incident