Mining Incidents

Big Springs E1 Mine Coal

Consol Of Kentucky Inc · Underground
Controlled by CONSOL Energy Inc
Mousie, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518115

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Sep 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
25
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,570
proposed penalties
$3,570
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
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 3,119 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 43,364 18 5 415.1
2000 Q2 31,304 7 1 223.6
2000 Q1 1,840 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

2000 · 2 incidents

September 19, 2000 KY · Coal INUNDATION
Consol Of Kentucky Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ADVANCE MINING WAS BEING CONDUCTED IN THE #6 ENTRY 36 INBY SPAD #1251 WHEN AN UNCHARTED GAS WELLWAS CONTACTED BY THE CONTINUOUS MINER RIPPER HEAD. THE OUTER CASINGS OF THE WELL WERE DAMANGED; THE MAIN PRODUCTION PIPE CASING WAS NOT DAMAGED.NO INJURIES & VENTILATION WAS NOT INTERRUPTED. ENTIRE MINE WAS EVACUATED, POWER PULLED, FEDERAL& STATE AGENCIES NOTIFIED.

September 7, 2000 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consol Of Kentucky Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON 9-7-00 IN THE #2 ENTRY AT SPAD #902. FALL WAS APPROX 90' LONG BY 18-20' WIDE BY 5-7' HIGH. NO INJURIES, NO EQUIPMENT CAUGHT, VENTILATION WAS NOT IN TERUPTED. THE AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 4' FULLYGROUTED RESIN BOLTS. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.