Mountain Reclamation & Construction LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Repetitive use of hammers, wrenches, air guns and daily mechanic duties,
Sheep Fork Surface Mine Coal
Mountain Reclamation & Construction LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Eddie Hurley
McCarr,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518520
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2002–2009
- Latest incident
- Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
87
citations
53
significant & substantial
$13,662
proposed penalties
$13,571
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Q3 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 551 | 1 | 0 | 1814.9 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 4,065 | 3 | 2 | 738.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 10,083 | 9 | 6 | 892.6 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file2009 · 2 incidents
April 1, 2009
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Reclamation & Construction LLC · Struck against a moving object
Loader operator was loading 777 Cat truck with big rock. After rock was placed on truck he tried to push rock out of bed causing bed on truck to go up dumping rock out, and then the bed fell back down. Front wheels came off ground when rock came out of bed.
2004 · 3 incidents
November 16, 2004
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
MEMBER WAS LOADING BAGS OF REDI MIX CONCRETE ONTO A TAG ALONG TRAILER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK 10/26/04. HE IS SEEKING DIAGNOSTIC TREATMENT FOR BACK PAIN. WE ARE FILING THIS REPORT AS AN OCCUPATIONAL INJURY. COPIES OF DR.'S REPORTS/NOTES WILL FOLLOW WHEN WE RECEIVE THEM. Revision per misc. mail 1/10/05 #17: Member was helping carry a filing cabinet up a set of steps, hurting his lower back.
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Fall from machine
THE ORIGINAL ACCIDENT OCCURED MARCH 6, 2004 AT WHICH TIME EE CONTINUED TO WORK. HE WAS EXITING THE SURFACE MANTRIP, SLIPPED & FELL TO THE GROUND, HURTING HIS BACK. HE WORKED THROUGH JUNE 18, 2004 & THEN BEGAN MISSING WORK DUE TO BACK PROBLEMS.
2003 · 1 incident
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS HAULING A LOAD OF ROCK TOWARD THE DUMP AREA. A LARGE BOULDER WAS POSITIONED TOWARD THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. IT CAUSED THE TRUCK TO UP-END. THE BOULDER ROLLED OUT OF THE BED AND SLAMMED BA CK DOWN TO THE GROUND WHICH SLAMMED THE DRIVER AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL.
2002 · 1 incident
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EE WAS ALLEGEDLY TREATING COAL BED FOR COLD WEATHER, SLIPPED AND FELL. NO EVIDENCE OF INJURY AND EE WAS NOT DIRTY. THERE WAS NO WITNESSES. I STRONGLY FEEL THIS ACCIDENT SHOULD BE DISREGARDED.