Mining Incidents

K-4 Mine Coal

Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Joseph T Bennett
Closplint, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516457

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
2004–2014
Latest incident
Apr 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
461
citations
141
significant & substantial
$154,473
proposed penalties
$83,976
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 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 67 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

18 on file

2014 · 1 incident

April 8, 2014 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

A non injury roof fall was discovered at break #10 on the #6 belt in the #1 entry. It is app. 75ft long and 10ft thick and 19ft wide. The effected area is to be cribbed off or timbers. While doing a weekly exam.

2013 · 1 incident

October 7, 2013 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Idle Mine A non injury roof fall was discovered at #6 break on #6 belt in the #2 entry in the intake. The affected area is to be cribbed off. The fall was approx. 20' x 24' and about 9' thick.

2011 · 1 incident

March 4, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE works on belts. He was prying a rock out of a tail piece when the pry bar slipped causing him to jerk his back out. MRI was done by doctor but no results yet.

2010 · 4 incidents

August 30, 2010 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner was carrying rock to put on the bottm of a curtain and pulled a muscle in his groin. Ended up very minor and he missed one day and came back to work.

August 25, 2010 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

NO INJURY -- While making weekly exam, a rock fall was discovered in #2 x-cut, #7 entry on 2nd left room in return. Air movement or travel way was not affected. The fall was 1" to 4" thick, 18' wide, and 50' long.

August 10, 2010 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Miner is a miner operator/miner operator helper. A small piece of draw rock fell from the top and him him on the lower left leg and foot. No bones were broken. He was off three days and came back to work no problems.

March 3, 2010 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Ee was hanging cable (for tracking) in the intake air course when he fell hitting his back against the man trip. He worked two days before he decided to go to the doctor. Doctor said he had cracked his ribs and should be better in a few days.

2009 · 5 incidents

September 17, 2009 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Ee was loading supplies onto scoop and strained his back.

June 5, 2009 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Ee was walking, stepped into a hole and turned his knee. Doctor said it was torn ligaments and that surgery would be needed.

January 24, 2009 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

While operating the roof bolter, Ee got his hand in between boom arm and drill pot. This pinched off the tip of his middle finger on his right hand.

January 14, 2009 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Ee was walking across bridge. The board broke causing him to fall and hurt his knee. No major problem. He returned to work after missing 8 work days.

January 1, 2009 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

A non-injury roof fall was discovered at approx. 7:00am at the #17 cross cut, #4 belt return, #5 entry. The rock fall did not impair the ventilation. The area was timbered off and dangered off. The brattice line was moved over to the # 4entry to have a safe means of traveling the return. The fall measured approx. 19 ft x 19 x from 2 ft to 8 ft high.

2008 · 1 incident

April 17, 2008 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Ee was rock dusting the belt line by hand when he heard something pop in his shoulder. After doctor visits, it has been determined he pulled a muscle slightly away from the bone. No surgery required at present. Physical therapy should take care of the problem.

2007 · 2 incidents

December 15, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Ee was using a ratched driven "come-along" when he pulled a muscle in his back

November 15, 2007 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Ee stumbled when he got off the mantrip, fell to ground and cut his hand.

2006 · 1 incident

November 16, 2006 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Carpal tunnel situation. EE had surgery and returned to work, no problem.

2005 · 1 incident

July 14, 2005 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured miner was hanging miner cable and pulled something in his shoulder.

2004 · 1 incident

October 20, 2004 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rex Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Socket slipped off of bolt head letting wrench slip hitting ee on lip.