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Wallins Strip Coal

Controlled by Joseph T Bennett
Grays Knob, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518292

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Jan 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
62
citations
17
significant & substantial
$8,267
proposed penalties
$6,986
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
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 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

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

January 25, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer NO VALUE FOUND
Dixie Fuel Company, LLC · No Value Found

ON SAT 1-25-03 EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A STABLIZER ARM ON A DOZIER. THIS IS VERY HEAVY AND TAKES FOUR MEN. WHILE DOING THIS HEAVY LIFT IS WHEN THE INJURY OCCURED BUT EE DID NOT KNOW IT AT TH E TIME AFTER A PERIOD OF MISTREATMENT, MRI WAS DONE THAT SHOWED THE DISK PROTRUSION. HE HAS BEEN INT HE CAR OF DR SINCE THAT TIME.

2002 · 1 incident

May 7, 2002 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dixie Fuel Company, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS GETTING OFF END LOADER. WHILE COMING DOWN LADDER, HE SLIPPED & HIT HIS LEG AGAINST BATTERY BOX. INITIAL TREATMENT WAS FIRST AID. HE CAME TO WORK ON 5-8 WITH NO LOST TIME. WENT TO DR ON 5-13, POSSIBLE BLOOD CLOT, WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL.

2000 · 1 incident