Buck Creek No. 1 Coal

Sapphire Coal Company · Surface

Controlled by Metinvest B V

Deane, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1516812

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Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

235

citations

significant & substantial

$43,146

proposed penalties

$39,740

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
2011 Q1	0	0	0
2010 Q4	0	0	0
2010 Q3	0	0	0
2010 Q2	0	6	0
2010 Q1	15,061	8	3	531.2
2009 Q4	14,379	10	5	695.5
2009 Q3	10,946	16	0	1461.7
2009 Q2	12,867	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.

5 on file

October 1, 2007 KY · Coal refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Sapphire Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

Driver overturned loaded coal truck.

September 22, 2004 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Coal Extraction LLC · Struck against a moving object

Went into shot, hit hard rock in bottom of shot, throwing him up out of his seat injuring his back.

May 4, 2004 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE

Coal Extraction LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING GEARS OUT OF FINAL DRIVE WITH TORCH WHEN ACEYCLENE BUILD UP IN CUTTING AREA IGNITED WHEN TORCH WAS LIT, BURNING HIS FACE, EYES, AND NECK.

March 5, 2004 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Sapphire Mining, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE was driving a rock truck when he hit a hole in the roadway, hurting his neck and back.

June 29, 2000 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Carbon River Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

LOADER WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND WENT OVER ABOUT A 4 FEET EMBANKMENT BROKE 3 RIBS.