Mining Incidents

Mill Branch Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Closplint, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517821

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
34
Years on record
2000–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
281
citations
93
significant & substantial
$148,230
proposed penalties
$84,702
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
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q4 13,999 1 0 71.4
2011 Q2 25,663 7 0 272.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 2, 2011 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was reclaiming highwall with dozer when the dozer flipped and rolled several times landing in the road. Employee was unconscious with labored breathing when they got to him.

Reportable incidents

33 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2011 · 8 incidents

October 6, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee pulled hose up steep hill, and was coming back down when his feet slipped and he fell 15 ft down and then tumbled another 15 ft down.

September 7, 2011 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was working on road with a d-9 dozer when a rock rolled out of a berm and he backed over it jarring his lower back. Employee didn't go to doctor until 9/27/2011

August 8, 2011 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was putting batteries into a 993k loader when he twisted his knee the wrong way causing his knee to swell and cause pain when he bends it. He didn't go to the doctor until 08/15/2011

June 16, 2011 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was loading a rock truck with a 993 loader when the bucket of the loader dropped hard on a rock and jarred his middle back.

June 6, 2011 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was removing a final drive to the ground when the chain came loose and hit employee in the mouth.

April 7, 2011 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was working underneath 993 loader when he inadvertently raised up and cut his head on the bottom of the loader.

April 7, 2011 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was using a pry bar to remove a transmission out of a 777 truck when his hand slipped off the pry bar and his struck the 777 truck.

February 23, 2011 KY · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking down catwalk of excavator when the catwalk slipped down about 5 inches, jarring the employees knee. Employee did not go to the doctor until 4/7/2011 when his foreman made him due to severe pain.

2010 · 3 incidents

May 5, 2010 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was pulling hydroseeder hose when his feet slipped and he landed on his back.

April 30, 2010 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was riding with dayshift foreman when they stopped to look over into a hollowfill. Employee stepped onto a berm to look at the hollowfill. As the employee was stepping down the berm, he stepped onto a rock, causing him to lose his footing.

2009 · 2 incidents

September 3, 2009 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was checking grade on a ditch when he fell on a rock striking his side. Employee was taken to the hospital and recieved 2 or 3 stitches.

March 27, 2009 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employees was pushing spoil with a dozer. The employee went forward over the pile of dirt and when the dozer fell over the dirt the blade hit the ground, jarring the employee.

2008 · 1 incident

May 29, 2008 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing a portable antenna from the top of the dozer when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

2007 · 1 incident

September 5, 2007 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was going down hill when his brakes failed to hold and turned the truck over.

2005 · 2 incidents

November 1, 2005 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was descending down a coal haul road when he lost control of his coal truck and went over an embankment.

August 11, 2005 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was changing a bogie on a D11 roller frame. Employee started to get up when the other mechanic moved the bogie, catching the employee's fingers between the bogie and the frame.

2004 · 4 incidents

April 27, 2004 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was cutting a tree down with a chain saw, when a limb flew back and hit him above the left eye. Four stitches to close laceration.

April 20, 2004 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS HITTING A PIN ON HIS EXCAVATOR WHEN A PIECE OF THE PIN BROKE OFF STRIKING THE EE ABOVE THE RIGHT EYEBROW. EE RECEIVED 3 STITCHES ABOVE HIS EYEBROW.

March 26, 2004 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was getting off front end loader when he felt pain in his back.

February 19, 2004 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING BATTERIES UP ONTO A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK AND LOWER NECK AREA.

2002 · 7 incidents

December 2, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE ASSEMBLING TRACK, HE LIFTED LINK AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

September 18, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE POWDER TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED, WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS WEIGHT WITH HIS HAND HOLDING THE HANDRAIL IT PULLED HIS SHOULDER.

September 4, 2002 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING ONTO AN EXCAVATOR WHEN HE FELT A BURNING IN HIS RIGHT LOWER ABDOMEN AREA. EE NOW HAS A KNOT ON HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. NOTE: EE WOULDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 09-17-02.

July 29, 2002 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING RUDD MECHANIC WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK STRIKING HIS SIDE AND FALLING ONTO THE GROUND ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND NECK.

May 16, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BEATING ON A PIN ON AN EXCAVATER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND HIT THE EE IN THE JAW-2 STITCHES.

2001 · 3 incidents

July 9, 2001 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A HUB OFF A 777C HAULBACK WHEN THE BEARING POPPED OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE ABDOMEN REGION CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARDS OVER THE BOOM TRUCK'S OUTRIGGER HIT TING HIS BACK.

January 2, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver ELECTRICAL
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS REMOVING BOOSTER CABLES FROM A 773 CAT HAULBACK TRUCK WHEN THE BATTERY BLEW UP IN HIS FACE.

2000 · 2 incidents

April 27, 2000 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING COAL WITH AN END LOADER WHEN THE BUCKET OF THE LOADER WENT THROUGH THE COAL, STRIKING THE BOTTOM AND HURTING EMPLOYEE'SBACK.