Mining Incidents

Arnold Fork Prep Plant Coal

Controlled by Progress Energy Inc
Kite, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517338

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
May 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
36
citations
15
significant & substantial
$2,258
proposed penalties
$1,992
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
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 1 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 3,645 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 20,575 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 24,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 26,584 5 2 188.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

May 22, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kentucky May Coal Co.,Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A BOLT HEAD. THE GRINDER SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE ARM WHILE THE GRINDER WAS RUNNING, CUTTING HIS ARM ABOVE HIS GLOVE.

May 8, 2003 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor NO VALUE FOUND
Kentucky May Coal Co.,Inc. · No Value Found

EE WAS UNLOADING MINER UNIT CABLE FROM MINER & PULLING UPHILL FROM SUBSTATION LEVEL TO WHERE EQUIPMENT IS PARKED. EE PULLED CABLE TO HOOK UP FROM BOX TO PROVIDE POWER.

2001 · 1 incident

July 3, 2001 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky May Coal Co.,Inc. · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING V-BELT AND SLIPPED AND FELL 7FT. OFF BELT.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 23, 2000 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT RIBCAGE.\

February 25, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WORKED 12 HRS ON 2/25/00 AND 8 HRS ON 2/26/00 HE REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN ON 2/28/00 THAT HE HURT HIS BACK ON 2/25/00 WHILE USING A SHOVELTO CLEAN UP THE PLANT