Mining Incidents

Days Creek Stockpile Coal

Holmes Mill, Harlan County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1517971

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2001–2017
Latest incident
Aug 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
35
citations
13
significant & substantial
$4,882
proposed penalties
$4,366
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 180 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 287 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 297 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 287 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 366 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 289 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,306 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

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

August 25, 2017 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee has suffered from back pain over time which has been worsening. On this date the employee sought medical attention and was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease.

2001 · 1 incident

June 15, 2001 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS PUSHING COAL TO A RAW COAL FEEDER WTH A DOZER. HE TURNED THE DOZER AND CHANGED DIRECTION AND THE DOZER DROPPED SUDDENLY OFF SOME LOOSE COAL. THE IMPACT STRAINED HIS NECK. HE BEGAN MISSI NG WORK ON 7-30-01.