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Ball Creek Surface Mine # 28 Coal

Appalachian Fuels LLC · Surface

Controlled by Energy Coal Resources Inc

Talcum, Knott County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1517838

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2002–2003
Latest incident: Jan 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$2,314

proposed penalties

$1,984

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 Q4	0	0	0
2004 Q3	322	0	0	0.0
2002 Q4	21,644	13	9	600.6
2002 Q3	22,907	2	2	87.3
2002 Q2	21,102	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	25,556	3	1	117.4
2001 Q4	32,059	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	37,445	1	0	26.7

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2003 · 1 incident

January 4, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Appalachian Fuels Llc · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS REMOVING ROLLERS FROM FRAME. ONE FELL ON HIS RIGHT ARM. POSSIBLE NERVE DAMAGE. PHYSCIAL THERAPY ONGOING.

2002 · 3 incidents

September 7, 2002 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Appalachian Fuels Llc · Fall from machine

EE WAS STRAIGHTENING EXHAUST PIPE ON DOZER, WHEN HE FELL & APPARENTLY STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE TRACKS. VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO HAZARD ARH HOSPITAL THEN TRANSPORTED TO SAMARITAN HOSPITAL IN LEXINGTON , KY. INJURIES: LACERATION BEHIND LT EAR, CONCUSSION, 7TH VERTABRAE CRACKED.

July 15, 2002 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Appalachian Fuels Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED ON LOADER TIRE WHEN DISMOUNTING & TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

May 14, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Appalachian Fuels Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPLACING BEVEL GEAR IN DOZER, THEY WERE REMOVING COUNTERWEIGHT. WEIGHT DROPPED TWO INCHES WHILE VICTIM WAS USING PRYBAR TO PUNCH PIN OUT. THIS CAUSED BAR TO STRIKE HIM IN RIGHT SIDE OF FACE. APPARENT LACERATION ALSO FRACTURED JAW.