Mining Incidents

VFC - Darty Gap Coal

Holmes Mill, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518093

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009–2010
Latest incident
Mar 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
69
citations
17
significant & substantial
$17,486
proposed penalties
$14,806
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
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q2 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

2010 · 1 incident

March 1, 2010 KY · Coal rock driller MACHINERY
Calvin Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Dozer operator backed into hole and hit his head on the back glass.

2009 · 1 incident

July 17, 2009 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Calvin Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

As the driver was ascending a hill on the haul road, the truck stalled and slowly rolled back approx 60'. The coal truck then overturned due to the slope of the berm, it was resting on the passenger side of the vehicle.