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OAM#40 Coal

Orr Auger Mining, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Matthew T Orr

Bryants Store, Knox County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1517871

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2000–2004
Latest incident: Jan 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$4,961

proposed penalties

$4,461

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	Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2	549	1	1821.5
2020 Q1	387	0	0.0
2019 Q1	800	0	0.0
2018 Q2	423	1	2364.1
2018 Q1	1,173	0	0.0
2017 Q3	651	0	0.0
2017 Q1	1,284	0	0.0
2016 Q3	1,698	0	0.0

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2004 · 1 incident

January 20, 2004 KY · Coal auger helper MACHINERY

Green Hill Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIGHWALL FAILURE DUE TO HILL SEAM STRUCK FRONT OF AUGER. THIS PUSHED THE AUGER BACK CATCHING EE'S FOOT UNDER FRAME OF THE AUGER. HE WAS STANDING AT THE BACK OF THE AUGER GETTING READY TO GO TO LUNCH.

2000 · 1 incident

March 31, 2000 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY

Green Hill Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

DIRT ABOVE TOP OF HIGHWALL BROKE LOOSE AND FELL ON AUGER. THERE WERE SOME ROCKS MIXED IN WITH THE DIRT THAT DAMAGED AUGER. SMALL ROCKS BROKE THE PLEXIGLASS ON TOP OF THE CAB OF THE AUGER AND H IT THE OPERATOR ON THE HAND CUTTING HIS HAND AND HIT HIS KNEE AND CAUSED A BRUISE. THE INJURED MAN HAD 3 STITCHES PUT IN HIS HAND AND X-RAYS OF HIS HAND AND KNEE.