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Evan's Fork Coal

LCC Kentucky LLC · Surface
Gulnare, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517910

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
140
citations
82
significant & substantial
$18,856
proposed penalties
$18,350
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
2005 Q4 0 6 4
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q1 1,422 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,751 3 1 521.6
2002 Q3 9,175 1 0 109.0
2002 Q2 24,718 9 7 364.1
2002 Q1 32,702 0 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

3 on file

2002 · 1 incident

April 25, 2002 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Addington Mining, Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS TAKING A LOAD OF COAL TO KCT KY COALTERMINAL. WAS DESENDING THE HAUL ROAD. HIS TRANSMISSION CAME OUT OF GEAR. HE STAYED WITH THE TRUCK ABOUT 75' TRYING TO STOP THE TRUCK. HE JUMPED OUT AS THE TRUCK WENT OVER THE HILL. THIS WAS NOT A SERIOUS INJURY.

2000 · 2 incidents

November 30, 2000 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Addington Mining, Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS FELLING A LARGE OAK TREE OVER THE HIT. IT FELL INTO A SMALLER, PARTIALLY DEAD PINE. THE PINE SPRUNG BACK AND THE TOP BROKE OUT OF IT. THE TOP FLEW UP THE HILL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD

May 16, 2000 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Addington Mining, Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPLIT A LARGE ROCK IN SHOT MATERIAL. THE LOADER BUCKET SLIPPED, CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE. THE BOUNCING JERKED HIS BACK RESULTING IN A STRAINED/PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BAC K.