Mining Incidents

Flint Ridge Mine Coal

ICG Hazard, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Arch Resources Inc
Clayhole, Breathitt County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518623

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2003–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
86
citations
56
significant & substantial
$23,470
proposed penalties
$21,327
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
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 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

13 on file

2007 · 5 incidents

August 28, 2007 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ICG Hazard, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was coming down off of a loader. The bottom step was bent backwards and he was unaware of this. When he put his foot where the step was he missed it and it was a long step to the ground and he felt pain in his right side.

March 23, 2007 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
ICG Hazard, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE was dumping a load of material and when the material came out of the bed of the truck it jarred him hurting his back. We did not get this report until 4/3/07 which was the date He started missing work.

February 26, 2007 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ICG Hazard, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was in the process of moving a rock out of the roadway of the powder truck when something snapped in his back causing severe lower back pain. He started missing work on 3/2/07.

February 5, 2007 KY · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ICG Hazard, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Drill operator had gotten off his drill. When he stepped on the bottom step to get back on the drill, the steps moved underneath the catwalk causing him to pull something in the groin area.

January 17, 2007 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
ICG Hazard, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Drill operator stated he was tramming his drill on a drill bench when he crossed a hump and his drill rocked forward. The forward motion of the machine was stated to have caused pain in his back.

2006 · 5 incidents

December 2, 2006 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
ICG Hazard, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating his dozer on layers of rock when one of the upper layers broke causing his dozer to drop sudden resulting in a neck and back injury. This injury occurred on 12/2/06 and he started missing work on 12/20/06.

October 6, 2006 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
ICG Hazard, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE stated that he raised the bed of his rock truck and it jerked his back due to slack in the bed. Another ee ran the truck the remainder of the shift and he stated that there did not seem to be any problem with the truck.

July 12, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ICG Hazard, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was putting a lift jack on a 992-G loader when the straps holding the jack broke causing the jack to fall and strike him on the right foot.

June 14, 2006 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
ICG Hazard, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE was ripping rock with a dozer and jerked his head and this caused an injury to neck.

May 3, 2006 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
ICG Hazard, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating a loader when he ran into a hole and it jerked his back causing lower back pain. EE did not start missing work until May 15,2006.

2005 · 1 incident

July 13, 2005 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
ICG Hazard, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS DISCONNECTING A DISCHARGE HOSE FROM A 6" WATER PUMP. THE PUMP HAD BEEN RUNNING BUT NOT PUMPING & HAD BECOME VERY HOT, THE HOSE WAS FULL OF STEAM. WHEN THE LINE CAME LOOSE IT HIT THE EMPLOYEE CAUSING BURNS TO HIS RT. ARM & LEG.

2004 · 1 incident

January 14, 2004 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Leslie Resources Incorporated · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR OF ROCK TRUCK WAS BACKING UP TO DUMP LOAD AND OVERTURNED. OPERATOR RECEIVED A HEAD WOUND REQUIRING 10 STITCHES. THE TRUCK HAD DAMAGE TO HEAD BOARD.

2003 · 1 incident

September 11, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leslie Resources Incorporated · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DISMOUNTING POWDER TRUCK STEPPED IN HOLE BROKE BONE IN RIGHT ANKLE.