Mining Incidents

Mine #4 Coal

Whitesburg, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518421

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
32
citations
19
significant & substantial
$2,637
proposed penalties
$1,753
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
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 18,224 3 2 164.6
2005 Q3 23,916 4 3 167.3
2005 Q2 26,581 9 4 338.6
2005 Q1 24,156 1 1 41.4
2004 Q3 24,331 6 5 246.6
2004 Q2 2,387 1 1 418.9
2002 Q2 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

2 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

April 7, 2005 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Enterprise Mining Company, L. L. C. · Struck by falling object

Employee was drilling 10' test holes and extension fell out striking his left hand index finger causing a laceration.