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#6 Coal

Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Underground

Controlled by Henry Chaney Jr

Garrett, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1517931

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2000
Latest incident: Apr 2000

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$373

proposed penalties

$373

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
2000 Q3	240	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	13,255	2	1	150.9
2000 Q1	10,270	2	1	194.7

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

2000 · 3 incidents

April 27, 2000 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY

Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEG. THAT NIGHT HIS LEG GOT SORE AND HE WENT TO E.R. WHERE THEY X-RAY AND SAID HIS LEG WAS BRUISED.

April 14, 2000 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE LIFTED A PANEL BOARD COVER ONTO A JOY 21SC SHUTTLE CAR AND STAINED HIS BACK.

February 24, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEG AND FOOT. HE WENT TO ER AND HAD X-RAYS WHICH SHOWED ONLY BRUISE. HE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK BUT MISSED TH E NEXT DAY DUE TO SORENESS.