Mining Incidents

No 5 Coal

Long Fork Development Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Deboard, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518279

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Aug 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
17
significant & substantial
$4,722
proposed penalties
$3,724
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 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 14,020 4 1 285.3
2001 Q4 16,756 11 6 656.5
2001 Q3 12,219 6 1 491.0
2001 Q2 19,234 11 6 571.9
2001 Q1 12,136 7 2 576.8
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 · 3 incidents

August 11, 2001 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS UP ON TAILPIECE GOUGING MUD DOWN & HIT GUARD WITH ARM. LACERATION TO TOP RIGHT ARM REQUIRED SEVEN SUTURES.

June 29, 2001 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DIRECTION TO GO BACK TO MINER AND HAD CHANGED SEATS IN THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT LEFT KNEE AND THIGH.

May 29, 2001 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE EE WAS MOVING BUGGY ANCHOR WHEN HE LACERATED RIGHT HAND, REQUIRING 16 SUTURES ON A PIECE OF WIRE THAT WAS TIED TO A ROOF BOLT PLATE.