Mining Incidents

Mine No 3 Coal

Reedy Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Willis Ring
Deane, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516367

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Nov 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 1999
39
citations
19
significant & substantial
$5,248
proposed penalties
$5,248
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 Q4 32,585 9 4 276.2
2000 Q3 41,325 4 3 96.8
2000 Q2 41,237 8 6 194.0
2000 Q1 41,887 16 6 382.0
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

November 14, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Reedy Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING 5 1/2 FOOT TIMBERS FROM THE BUCKET OF A 488 SCOOP. WHEN HE BEGAN TO COMPLAIN OF HIS LOWER BACK.

January 31, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Reedy Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS INSTALLING 4' RESIN ROOF BOLTS INTO THE TOP. AS HE BEGAN TO INSERT ROOF BOLT INTO HOLE, THE BOLT BENT TRAPPING HIS FINGER BETWEEN BOLT WRENCH AND DRILL HEAD.