Mining Incidents

Joe's Run Coal

Controlled by Anthony V Lanham
Philpot, Daviess County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518418

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2002–2021
Latest incident
Nov 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
207
citations
80
significant & substantial
$52,973
proposed penalties
$51,991
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
2022 Q2 2,231 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,829 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,222 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 17,711 3 1 169.4
2021 Q1 16,852 1 0 59.3
2020 Q4 17,848 3 1 168.1
2020 Q3 15,459 1 1 64.7
2020 Q2 18,532 8 5 431.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2021 · 1 incident

November 1, 2021 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was helping mechanic work on haul truck. The come-along hook straightened causing a cylinder to fall on EE's hand and cutting it.

2020 · 2 incidents

August 26, 2020 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking to excavator and tripped over a pile of dirt and fell to the ground

2017 · 1 incident

October 5, 2017 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee had turned off a pump and was walking back to truck when ee stepped on a rock twisting ankle.

2013 · 1 incident

May 31, 2013 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee bent over to put a mark on drill steel and hurt his back.

2009 · 1 incident

February 12, 2009 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Wind had blown belt bin over. Employee was picking up the bin to put it back in place when left arm was strained.

2008 · 1 incident

May 2, 2008 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Madisonville Tire & Retread employee. Tire changer had positioned himself so he could dismount & mount both rear tires. As he was re-mounting the outside tire, he swung it around with the hydraulic hand. He pulled the wrong hydraulic lever which brought the tire in and mashed him against his own truck.

2007 · 1 incident

February 24, 2007 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding the bottom of a large bolt (with gloveson) and the air wrench ont he top. The bolt spun in his hand when he triggered the air wrench.

2003 · 1 incident

March 11, 2003 KY · Coal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rust Mining, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR CLOSED DRILL CAB DOOR ON LEFT HAND PINKY FINGER. PARTIALLY SEVERED AT FIRST KNUCKLE - STITCHES.

2002 · 1 incident

July 2, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rust Mining, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A CHEMICAL BURN ON FOREARMS RESULTING FROM THE COMBINATION OF CREOSOTE AND AMMONIUM NITRATE. AFTER GETTING CREOSITE ON ARMS, EE THEN LOADED BLAST HOLES AND DUST GOT ON ARM S. THE COMBINATION, ALONG WITH SWEAT, IRRITATED THE SKIN.