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Mine No 2 Coal

D & R Coal, Inc. · Underground
Goodin Creek, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518261

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2004–2006
Latest incident
Oct 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
257
citations
97
significant & substantial
$73,010
proposed penalties
$60,793
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
2007 Q1 0 4 4
2006 Q3 1,919 9 4 4689.9
2006 Q2 1,120 5 0 4464.3
2006 Q1 6,585 23 7 3492.8
2005 Q4 6,878 13 8 1890.1
2005 Q3 8,188 14 8 1709.8
2005 Q2 6,319 12 9 1899.0
2005 Q1 1,601 5 1 3123.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 6, 2006 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
D & R Coal, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Inverted horse back resulted in fatality. "A fatal roof fall occurred at D&R Coal, Inc. Mine No. 2. The victim was located at the pillar corner in the crosscut between the No 7 and No 8 entry on the 001 MMU, when he was struck by a piece of draw rock approx 6' long X 3' wide X 6-8" thick. Victim was pronounced dead at the scene by the assistant Knox County Coroner."

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2004 · 1 incident