Mining Incidents

Colliers Creek Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Partridge, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518216

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
Jun 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
199
citations
60
significant & substantial
$51,649
proposed penalties
$47,649
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
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q4 795 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 21,117 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 29,326 3 0 102.3
2007 Q1 51,261 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 52,909 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 52,257 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 50,927 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

17 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

June 15, 2007 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey OTHER
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that his back and hip were hurting causing his left leg and hip to hurt. Employee stated that shifting his weight to his right leg caused his knee to swell. Employee was admitted to Harlan ARH hospital to drain the fluid off the knee.

April 3, 2007 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was removing the belly pan when it fell striking his leg. Took employee to doctor and released him to go back to work. Infection got into the leg and employee had to have the leg lanced and the infection cleaned out. He had the surgery on 04/26/07.

2006 · 2 incidents

March 31, 2006 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was loading coal when the loader he was operating caught on fire. The employee jumped from the loader and when he landed, broke both legs. Employee jumped approximately 8 feet to the ground.

2005 · 6 incidents

October 3, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was helping lift a saddle off a 992G when the saddle came off the pin falling on his right foot. Employee's foot was between the saddle and the outrigger of the boom truck.

August 15, 2005 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was helping mechanic beat a pin out of a 777D truck strut when a piece of metal broke off the hammer striking the employee in the thigh.

July 23, 2005 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

Employee claimed that he hurt his knee on Saturday 07/23/05 but didn't tell his foreman until Monday 07/25/05.

July 8, 2005 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was on the top of the powder truck when he slipped and fell causing employee to sprain his ankle.

June 13, 2005 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was pushing rock with a dozer when the dozer lost traction and slipped back. When the dozer caught traction, it jerked the employee's back.

March 2, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was pulling impact wrench from beneath a D11 dozer when the coupling came loose allowing the air hose and coupling to strike the EE in the nose and right eyebrow area.

2004 · 4 incidents

October 18, 2004 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO A 777C TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING THE EE TO FALL, LANDING ON HIS BACK.

October 14, 2004 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF HIS DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK. THE ROCK ROLLED CAUSING THE EE TO INJURE HIS ANKLE.

October 13, 2004 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING LOADED WHEN A SECTION OF THE HIGHWALL FELL STRIKING THE BED AND CAUSING THE CAB TO BE LIFTED INTO THE AIR. EE DID NOT GO TO THE DR. THAT NIGHT. THE EE CAME TO WORK ON 10/13/04 AT 6 PM. AFTER DRIVING THE TRUCK FOR AWHILE, EE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN & SORENESS.

October 4, 2004 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING DOZER WHEN THE TRACK SLIPPED. WHEN THE TRACK CAUGHT, IT JERKED THE EMPLOYEE CAUSING PAIN IN NECK AND BACK AREA.

2001 · 2 incidents

May 8, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING TRUCK TOWARD LOAD AREA WHEN HE DROVE THE TRUCK INTO A DITCH (FILLED WITH SOUPY MUD), THE SUDDEN JERK THREWEE'S RIGHT SHOULDER INTO THE WINDOW POST.

April 3, 2001 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS THROWING A PIECE OF METAL AWAY WHEN THE EDGE OF THE METAL CUT HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN FIVE STITCHES.

2000 · 1 incident

February 16, 2000 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS TRAMMING GRADER UPHILL, THE GRADER LOST POWER AND STARTED BACKWARD AND COLLIDED WITH PARKED DRILL.