Mining Incidents

No. 1 Wallins Coal

K & D Mining · Underground
Closplint, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518562

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2005–2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
486
citations
118
significant & substantial
$120,414
proposed penalties
$21,557
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 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q1 10,386 20 3 1925.7
2009 Q4 17,404 30 6 1723.7
2009 Q2 1,139 19 5 16681.3
2008 Q4 1,250 37 3 29600.0
2008 Q2 3,250 18 5 5538.5
2008 Q1 25 0 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

4 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

October 24, 2009 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
K & D Mining · Struck by flying object

Tire blew out on shuttle car he was operating.

August 11, 2009 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K & D Mining · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting belt structure, strained back

2006 · 1 incident

January 25, 2006 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rex Coal Co. Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Ee pinched his finger between the drill steel and chuck on a roof bolter.

2005 · 1 incident

June 13, 2005 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rex Coal Co. Inc. · Struck against stationary object

A RD-800 MACK TRUCK LOADED AT THE W-1 MINE PIT & WAS GOING OFF THE HAUL ROAD WHEN DRIVESHAFT CAME OUT & THE DRIVER TRIED TO RIDE IT OUT. THE DRIVER JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK WHICH LEAD TO HIM HAVING A SERIOUS HEAD INJURY.