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Rb #8 Coal

Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Underground

Controlled by Benjamin R. Bennett

Pathfork, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518131

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2000–2001
Latest incident: Feb 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$4,217

proposed penalties

$3,452

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 Q3	900	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	6,279	7	3	1114.8
2001 Q1	7,578	4	1	527.8
2000 Q4	8,186	3	1	366.5
2000 Q3	7,081	11	9	1553.5
2000 Q2	8,436	5	3	592.7
2000 Q1	7,021	6	2	854.6

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 1 incident

February 26, 2001 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS CLEANING THE NARROW SIDE OF THE LO-LO BELT STRUCTURE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDERAND ARM AREA. THE ROCK WAS LESS THEN 2' IN DIAME TER AND FELL FROM BETWEEN THE LAST ROOF BOLT AND COAL RIB.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 23, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS FINISHING INSTALLING THE HEAD ON THECONTINUOUS MINER AND AS HE WAS INSTALLING THE RIPPER CHAIN, IT FELL AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE THUMB REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

June 14, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED HAD PLACED THE BOLT HALFWAY INTO THE HOLE HE HAD JUST DRILLED AND AS HE ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY STRAIGHTEN THE BOLT IN ORDER TO SHOVE IT THE REST OF THE WAY INTO THE HOLE, HE SLIPPED AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.