Mining Incidents

No 4 Coal

Apex Energy Inc · Surface
Controlled by J Mark Campbell
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518517

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2005
Latest incident
Mar 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
43
citations
34
significant & substantial
$5,176
proposed penalties
$5,176
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
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q1 7,749 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,883 5 3 849.9
2005 Q3 764 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,424 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 33,104 2 1 60.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2005 · 1 incident

March 4, 2005 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Apex Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVED PUMP MOTOR TO LOOK AT IT.

2004 · 1 incident

January 7, 2004 KY · Coal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Apex Energy Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS WORKING ON D9 DOZER USING AN IMPACT AIR GUN, WHEN SOCKET SLIPPED OFF BOLT. SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.

2003 · 1 incident

May 1, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apex Energy Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER OF A DM45 IR DRILL TOPREPARE DRILL FOR START UP. HE WAS IN A HURRY & LOST HIS FOOTING, FALLING BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND LADING ON RIGHT ARM.RESULTED IN A KNOT SWELLIN G UP JUST BELOW RIGHT ELBOW

2002 · 1 incident

August 1, 2002 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Apex Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING IN ROCK TRUCK GETTING LOADED, LOADER OPERATOR WAS PUTTING BUCKET OF ROCK IN TRUCK. A BIG ROCK ROLLED OUT OF BUCKET STRIKINGSIDE OF TRUCK STRIKING EE. EE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT PAIN AND STIFFNESS IN HIS NECK AT THE END OF THE SHIFT.