Fools Gold Energy Corporation · Struck by flying object
EE was setting miner up to turn cross-cut, started cutter head, when the cutter head started to cut a piece of rock and coal struck EE's left foot.
FG 11 Coal
Frasure Creek Mining Co. L. L. C.
· Underground
Controlled by
Essar Minerals Canada Limited
McDowell,
Floyd County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518458
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 2004–2008
- Latest incident
- Mar 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
376
citations
154
significant & substantial
$77,137
proposed penalties
$69,316
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q3 | 4,410 | 15 | 10 | 3401.4 |
| 2008 Q2 | 19,084 | 13 | 6 | 681.2 |
| 2008 Q1 | 3,963 | 21 | 6 | 5299.0 |
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 file2008 · 2 incidents
February 16, 2008
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Fools Gold Energy Corporation · Struck against a moving object
Subject was operating 10 SC Joy shuttle car. Switched direction of travel (change seats) felt pain in left hip.
2007 · 4 incidents
Fools Gold Energy Corporation · Accident type, without injuries
Roof fall has occurred in main return air-way at survey No. 1180.
September 25, 2007
KY · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Fools Gold Energy Corporation · Struck by rolling or sliding object
Rib coal & rock rolled out struck subject's lower back.
September 20, 2007
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fools Gold Energy Corporation · Struck against stationary object
Subject was installing shear pin in feeder pick breaker. He injured left foot kicking reducer shaft (fracture & contusion).
April 25, 2007
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fools Gold Energy Corporation · Struck against stationary object
Picked up bucket of miner bits (20) in one hand & miner remote box in other. Hit head on low place in mine roof, twisted head, felt sharp pain in back. Pulled & strained back.
2006 · 1 incident
Double C Enterprises Inc · Flash burns (electric)
Was installing a breaker and got a flash burn to right hand. Has blistered hand with second degree burns.
2005 · 1 incident
July 13, 2005
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double C Enterprises Inc · Struck by flying object
Employee was fitting conveyer chain on miner. He was putting steel cable in chain when cable flew back and hit him in the eye.
2004 · 2 incidents
October 15, 2004
KY · Coal
discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator
OTHER
Double C Enterprises Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data
EE CAME HOME FROM WORK ON FRIDAY, OCT. 15 AND SAT DOWN ON HIS COUCH FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. WHEN HE TRIED TO GET UP, HE COULD NOT AND HAD TO ROLL ONTO THE FLOOR ON HIS KNEES. HIS BACK CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM ALL WEEKEND AND HE RETURNED TO WORK ON MONDAY AND TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR HIS BACK WAS HURTING. HE WORKED TWO DAYS. WE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS COMPENSIBLE UNTIL 10/27/04.
Double C Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was rockdusting #3 belt when the rockduster locked up. While trying to free up the rockduster, the scoopman hit the wrong lever and the auger turned, catching the employees left hand.