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Sang Branch Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Big Laurel, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518178

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2002–2003
Latest incident
Mar 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
30
citations
11
significant & substantial
$2,811
proposed penalties
$2,811
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
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 588 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 15,850 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 18,424 8 4 434.2
2001 Q4 7,843 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 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

5 on file

2003 · 3 incidents

March 26, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STARTED FORWARD WITH DOZER, THE DOZER SLIPPEDOUT OF GEAR, THE EE HIT THE BRAKES CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CAB OF THE DOZER NOTE: EE RECEIVED 9 STITCHES IN HIS HEAD.

March 24, 2003 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING OFF A DOZER WHEN HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON THE PUSH ARM CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE.

2002 · 2 incidents

March 4, 2002 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE BACKED OVER A ROCK AND WHEN THE DOZER HIT, THE EE COMPALINED OF PAIN IN NECK AND BACK.