Mining Incidents

Timbertree Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Cumberland, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518603

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2003–2006
Latest incident
Sep 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
55
citations
15
significant & substantial
$6,867
proposed penalties
$6,867
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 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q2 4,298 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 21,069 3 0 142.4
2004 Q2 25,389 9 3 354.5
2004 Q1 25,708 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

8 on file

2006 · 1 incident

September 16, 2006 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was dismounting his dozer when he stepped on dust that had become slippery due to the steam ginny spraying out his radiator. The employee fell, landing on his left foot.

2004 · 2 incidents

June 24, 2004 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A COME-ALONG ON A D 11 DOZER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL OFF ONTO THE TRACKS OF THE DOZER.

May 20, 2004 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS PUSHING FILL WITH A D11 DOZER, HE CALLED FOR THE FOREMAN TO COME GET HIM. EE STATED THAT HE COULD NOT STAND THE BUMPING OF THE DOZER. HE STATED THAT THE PAIN WAS FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY FROM A PREVIOUS EMPLOYER. EE WOULDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR, BUT HE DID GO HOME.

2003 · 5 incidents

November 29, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer NO VALUE FOUND

EE WAS BACKING UP DOZER ON A NORMAL RUN WHEN HE RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK THAT HE HAD FAILED TO SEE AND WHEN THE DOZER FILLED IT JARRED HIM THUS HURTING NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER.

April 21, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer NO VALUE FOUND

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP A DOZER, HE RAN OVER A BIG ROCK AND WHEN THE DOZER FELL OFF THE ROCK, IT JARRED THE EMPLOYEE'S BACK CAUSING PAIN.

April 18, 2003 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator NO VALUE FOUND

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP IN A 980 LOADER LOOKING OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHEN HE CAUGHT THE RIGHT BUMPER AGAINST THE BANK, JERKING THE EMPLOYEE.

March 13, 2003 KY · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING FROM A FRONT END LOADER TO ANOTHER FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE STEPPED IN A RUT AND FELL BENDING HIS HAND UNDER HIM.