Mining Incidents

K-3 Surface Mine Coal

Inez, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517718

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2002–2004
Latest incident
Jan 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
89
citations
57
significant & substantial
$134,929
proposed penalties
$94,212
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
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 18,943 10 7 527.9
2002 Q4 17,385 4 3 230.1
2002 Q3 12,138 26 17 2142.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 28, 2002 KY · Coal welder (shop) Fatality · MACHINERY
Appalachian Fuels, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS STRUCK BY EXCAVATOR BUCKET WHILE WORKING INSIDE A ROCK TRUCK BED. HE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE BUCKET OF THE EXCAVATOR AND THE INTERIOROF THE TRUCKBED. RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES.

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2004 · 1 incident

January 20, 2004 KY · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
Appalachian Fuels, LLC · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS USING THE EXCAVATOR TO PULL A ROCK BACK ONTO THE BENCH FROM THE OUTSLOPE. A SECTION OF THE ROCK BROKE OFF CAUSING THE EXCAVATOR TO JERK BACKWARDS. THIS CAUSED THE OPERATOR'S NECK TO HAVE PAIN DUE TO THE WHIPLASH EFFECT.

2003 · 3 incidents

April 14, 2003 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appalachian Fuels, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

VICTIM SAYS HE SLIPPED AND SCRAPED HIS RIGHT LEG ON THE DATE SHOWN. NOTIFIED FOREMAN AT JOB ON 5/2/03.

March 4, 2003 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator NO VALUE FOUND
Appalachian Fuels, LLC · No Value Found

OPERATOR WAS TAKING LOADER TO ANOTHER PIT AND REPORTED THE NEXT DAY THAT HE HAD HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD AND HURT HIS BACK.

January 28, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appalachian Fuels, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. WENT TO DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY. SAYS PAIN MEDICINE MADE HIM UNSTEADY SO HE STAYED HOME ONE SHIFT.

2002 · 1 incident

September 25, 2002 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appalachian Fuels, LLC · Fall from machine

EE SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING GRADER. ABRASIONS TO LEFT LEG & RIGHT ARM. SLIGHT CRACK IN BONE IN RIGHT ELBOW.