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No 8 Coal

Taurus Coal Company Inc · Underground

Controlled by James H Booth

Davella, Johnson County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1518239

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2000–2001
Latest incident: Apr 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$9,091

proposed penalties

$7,576

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	16,681	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	13,521	6	0	443.8
2002 Q2	19,014	6	0	315.6
2002 Q1	14,794	5	3	338.0
2001 Q4	20,521	16	6	779.7
2001 Q3	17,447	5	0	286.6
2001 Q2	23,832	3	0	125.9
2001 Q1	19,003	10	5	526.2

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

2001 · 1 incident

April 26, 2001 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Taurus Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE RECEIVED LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 3 SUTURES TO RIGHT HAND NEXT TO LITTLE FINGER WHEN HE WAS SETTING THE FEEDER. HE PICKED UP CRIB BLOCK, SWUNG AROUND AND HIT METAL ON SIDE OF FEEDER.

2000 · 1 incident

June 10, 2000 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Taurus Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS LIFTING THE EXTENSION STRAIGHT ON THE ATRS SYSTEM WHEN THE EXTENSION FLIPPED AND RING ON ATRS CAUGHT FINGER, LACERATING IT.