Mining Incidents

Supreme Energy Prep Plant Coal

KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Facility
Kite, Knott County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1516567

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2001–2014
Latest incident
Oct 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
388
citations
136
significant & substantial
$45,661
proposed penalties
$40,958
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
2025 Q4 1,680 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 1 0
2025 Q1 1,663 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q2 4,690 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,600 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,184 1 0 457.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 28, 2004 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · MACHINERY
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Struck by flying object

EE was fatally injured when struck by ice dislodged from a slurry pipeline.

Reportable incidents

11 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2014 · 1 incident

October 7, 2014 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was tramming the forklift toward the refuse to replace a tote at the portal. The forklift got too close to the edge of the road and the bank gave way.

2012 · 1 incident

February 22, 2012 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Fall down stairs

He was walking down steps from control room, halfway down his left foot slipped. He went down and hit his left hip and his leg went under him. He was holding on to the hand rail with his right hand and slipped down about 3 steps.

2011 · 3 incidents

August 23, 2011 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was performing maintenance inside tipple, he was using a pry bar which slipped and pinched his finger.

August 8, 2011 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Fall from machine

He was making repairs to an excavator and was stepping onto the upper portion of an excavator. He lost his footing and fell off of the machine.

July 15, 2011 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Struck against a moving object

He was dumping a load of reject half way up the hoist pin broke bed came down with our the help of hoist.

2008 · 1 incident

November 8, 2008 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Injured was helping install a French drain through old dam in King Branch; upon exiting the area he stepped on a rock. The rock twisted from beneath his foot resulting in a fall injuring his left leg. First aid was administered by two M.E.T.s.

2005 · 2 incidents

December 31, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Flash burns (welding)

EYE INJURY, WELDING EYE BURN.

December 23, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Struck by flying object

MECHANIC WAS USING HAMMER AND PIECE OF MATERIAL STRUCK HIM IN RIGHT EYE.

2004 · 2 incidents

September 17, 2004 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Knott County Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was bent over cutting a piece of metal when he strained his lower back. EE missed 5 days and was on restricted duty until 11-24-04.

July 15, 2004 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knott County Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE WATER TRUCK WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGER MASHED WITH A HAMMER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 7-26-04 WHEN HE WAS PLACED UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK. HIS FINGER IS BROKEN AND HAD TO BE RESET.

2001 · 1 incident

March 5, 2001 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Knott County Mining Company · Struck by falling object

A METAL GUARD WAS BEING REMOVED SO ENTRANCE COULD BE ACCESSED TO THE COAL CRUSHER. THE GUARD SLIPPED OFF THE HOIST HOOK AND STRUCK EE, RESULTING IN LACERATIONS TO HIS STOMACH AND FOREARM. THES E CUTS REQUIRED STITCHES.