Mining Incidents

Prep Plant #2 Coal

Controlled by James H Booth
Louisa, Lawrence County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1517954

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2001–2015
Latest incident
Mar 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
258
citations
92
significant & substantial
$35,528
proposed penalties
$33,371
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 22,032 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 18,141 3 0 165.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2015 · 2 incidents

March 5, 2015 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beech Fork Processing LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was setting in the yard truck on the passenger side when he turned right to get out of the truck. A sharp pain went down his left side of his lower back.

January 27, 2015 KY · Coal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beech Fork Processing LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was packing a new crusher bearing with grease. When he turn the bearing over he felt a burning sensation in his left hand. It pulled muscle in-between his pointer finger and middle finger on his left hand.

2014 · 2 incidents

July 29, 2014 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beech Fork Processing LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was getting off of a bobcat when his foot slipped and got caught between the arm and forks of the bobcat and twisted his foot. Employee worked until 8/5/14, went off work on 8/6/14.

March 6, 2014 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beech Fork Processing LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing off of a dozer when he had a dizzy spell and fell off dozer tracks. Striking his left wrist against the dozer arm. Spraining his wrist.

2013 · 1 incident

July 11, 2013 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beech Fork Processing LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in the basement of the plant on a ladder. Installing conduit when he lost footing and started to fall and caught himself with his left arm hurting his left shoulder. Employee worked until 10-9-13 then went off work.

2012 · 1 incident

September 27, 2012 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Beech Fork Processing LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was cutting a case of drinking water into the plant control room when he tripped on a step going into control room and fell onto the floor twisted his back.

2006 · 2 incidents

October 30, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beech Fork Processing LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

He was pulling on a 10" pipe to load for a gate post. Strained lower back.

April 28, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beech Fork Processing LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Victim was looking up through grating to the floor above him. Worker above, knocked a small piece of metal into victims left eye. Went to ER to have it removed. No lost time.

2004 · 1 incident

April 30, 2004 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Beech Fork Processing LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS PULLING ON CHAIN HOIST WHEN ANCHOR CHAIN BROKE. CHAIN HOIST FELL STRIKING THE VICTIM IN HEAD. VICTIM WAS WEARING A HARD HAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

2002 · 2 incidents

June 3, 2002 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Levisa Fork Mining Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE MOVING WELDING CABLE THE STINGER END CAME LOOSE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT EAR.

May 28, 2002 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Levisa Fork Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS BACK STARTED HURTING AFTER HE GOT DOWN FROM THE LOADER. THE ACCIDNET OCCURRED ON 5-28-02 BUT THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 6-5-02.

2001 · 1 incident

January 5, 2001 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Levisa Fork Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING OFF LADDER OF 980 C LOADER. SLIPPED, GRABBED HOLD OF LADDER RAIL AND STRAINED LEFT ARM. FIRST LOST WORKDAY WAS 1-8-01. INJURY WAS NOT OTHERWISE REPORTABLE.