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Halfway Branch Surface Mine Coal

Sidney Coal Company, Inc · Surface

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc

Sidney, Pike County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518380

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 11
Years on record: 2001–2011
Latest incident: Apr 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$21,360

proposed penalties

$17,576

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
2013 Q4	0	0	0
2013 Q2	0	0	0
2013 Q1	1,093	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	2,252	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	4,078	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	14,898	4	2	268.5
2012 Q1	2,159	1	0	463.2
2011 Q4	0	2	2

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

April 12, 2011 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

Sidney Coal Company, Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had moved a Cat. 992 loader out of the way of the pit. He walked over to his dozer (147 ft) and began his pre shift of the dozer. He had walked around the front of the left corner of blade when he collapsed. He was found by the loader operator. CPR was initiated immediately and was continued to the hospital and until he was pronounced deceased.

March 17, 2011 KY · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Sidney Coal Company, Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was raising a hinged cover on the highwall miner launch when the cover slipped out of his right hand and fell on his left hand and fingers resulting in a fracture and laceration. The highwall miner was idle preparing to change location.

2006 · 1 incident

January 7, 2006 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

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

EE WORKING ON TRUCK. 21/4" SOCKET CAME OFF 3/4" DRIVE IMPACT WRENCH, STRUCK HIS MOUTH CHIPPING TOOTH AND CUTTING BOTH LIPS. NO STITCHES, BUT TOOTH REQUIRED DENTAL WORK.

2005 · 2 incidents

December 22, 2005 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Sidney Coal Company, Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was connecting blast holes. He was two rows away from highwall. Second employee was watching wall. A rock fell from top, hit a safety bench and bounced out. Hit ee on shoulder resulting in hairline fracture.

May 23, 2005 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Sidney Coal Company, Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee picked up a drive-line assembly without gloves, and cut his finger on a burr. He was taken to the E.R. where stitches were used to close the wound.

2004 · 2 incidents

July 22, 2004 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

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

EE WAS CUTTING LEAD LINE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. TREATED (STITCHES) AT LOCAL E.R. AND RELEASED.

March 26, 2004 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Sidney Coal Company, Inc · Struck against a moving object

MEMBER WAS BUSTING COAL IN PIT #7. THE COAL IS HARD, MEMBER ROLLED THE LOADER BUCKET AND PRESSED HARD. WHEN THE COAL BROKE, THE LOADER BOUNCED. THIS JERKING INJURED THE MEMBER'S LOWER BACK.

2003 · 3 incidents

November 24, 2003 KY · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY

Sidney Coal Company, Inc · Flash burns (electric)

MEMBERS WERE WORKING ON THE POWER CENTER OF THE HIGH WALL MINER WHEN MONITOR PAC SHORTED OUT RESULTING IN FLASH BURNS TO THE MEMBER.

November 24, 2003 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY

Sidney Coal Company, Inc · Flash burns (electric)

MEMBERS WERE WORKING ON THE POWER CENTER OF THE HIGHWALL MINER WHEN MONITOR PAC SHORTED OUT RESULTING IN FLASH BURNS TO THE MEMBER.

July 23, 2003 KY · Coal FIRE

Sidney Coal Company, Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE CLEAN COAL STOCKPILE. THE HOT COAL WAS REMOVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.

2001 · 1 incident

October 22, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Sidney Coal Company, Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A BACKHOE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED A CHIP TO HIS LEFT ELBOW.