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No. 1 Coal

Tri Star Coal L.L.C. · Underground

Controlled by Robert Stump; Eddie Delong

Freeburn, Pike County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518102

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2005–2006
Latest incident: Apr 2006

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

citations

significant & substantial

$84,607

proposed penalties

$8,604

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
2006 Q2	80	19	12	237500.0
2000 Q2	0	0	0
2000 Q1	0	0	0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

April 20, 2006 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Tri Star Coal L.L.C. · Struck by falling object

Employee was walking to his shuttle car when draw rock fell from top pinning lower half of his body underneath. Rock was 20' long, 86" wide, 6.5" thick.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2006 · 2 incidents

April 17, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Tri Star Coal L.L.C. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was lifting a top structure roller off of belt line. After he got roller down, he complained of lower back pain. He also stated his legs felt like they were on fire.

January 6, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY

Tri Star Coal L.L.C. · Struck by falling object

RUB RAIL ON MINER FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

2005 · 1 incident

December 8, 2005 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Tri Star Coal L.L.C. · Fall onto or against objects

ee tripped over miner cable and fell hitting his right leg on a rock.