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Northern Strip Coal

Highland Enterprises Llc · Surface

Controlled by Charles D Litton

Holmes Mill, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1517745

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2000
Latest incident: Aug 2000

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$5,476

proposed penalties

$1,804

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
2002 Q3	0	0	0
2002 Q2	0	0	0
2002 Q1	0	0	0
2001 Q4	0	0	0
2001 Q3	0	0	0
2001 Q2	856	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	9,213	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	17,997	35	18	1944.8

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

August 16, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Highland Enterprises Llc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 785B AND NEEDED TO CLIMBLADDER TO GAIN ACCES TO THE BRAKE ACCUMULATOR. THE LADDER ON HIS TRUCK WAS A 6' LADDER AND WAS TOO SHORT. HE GOT THE CUSTOMER'S 10' WOODEN LADD ER. WHILE CLIMBING THE LADDER, IT BROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL.