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Cedar Creek No 5 Surface Coal

Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Surface

Controlled by Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated

Elkhorn City, Pike County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1515648

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2000
Latest incident: May 2000

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$2,892

proposed penalties

$2,892

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
2000 Q2	1,878	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	27,324	13	9	475.8

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

2000 · 2 incidents

May 3, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING BRAKES ON 16G MOTOR GRADER REMOVED WHEEL GROUP AND AS HE TRIED TO REMOVE SPROCKET FROM TANDEM, THE GEAR SLIPPED FROM INSIDE TO TANDEM MECHANIC GRABBED THE GEAR TO PREVENT HIMSELF FRO M BEING HIT AND THE WEIGHT OF THE GEAR WHEN HE GRABBED IT CAUSED HIS BACK TO BE SPRAINED.

January 3, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE HAD THE HOOD RAISED AND WAS PUMPING THE FUEL UP ON THE ROCK TRUCK. THE HOOD HAD A FAULTY LATCH. AFTER THE TRUCK STARTED HE LET GO OF THE HOOD. AT THIS TIME THE WIND BLEW HARD WHICH CA USED THE TRUCK HOOD TO COME DOWN HITTING EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE BACK.