North Star Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
3RD LEFT MAIN FALL IN #3 FACE ABOUT 40'L, 6'HIGH, 20' WIDE FALL ON RETURN ON #3 BELT IN #1 ENTRY ON LEFT 5'HIGH, 10' WIDE 45'LONG SPAD NO 491.
4 A Coal
North Star Mining, Inc.
· Underground
Controlled by
Carl Kirk
Langley,
Floyd County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518746
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2005
- Latest incident
- Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
135
citations
44
significant & substantial
$14,529
proposed penalties
$14,370
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 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q1 | 3,655 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 2,642 | 18 | 5 | 6813.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 18,535 | 13 | 3 | 701.4 |
| 2005 Q1 | 579 | 12 | 3 | 20725.4 |
| 2004 Q4 | 18,623 | 16 | 7 | 859.2 |
| 2004 Q3 | 596 | 27 | 9 | 45302.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 170 | 8 | 2 | 47058.8 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2005 · 5 incidents
August 29, 2005
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Star Mining, Inc. · Struck against stationary object
Cutting a hole in hydraulic oil can, poured oil in bolter, went to throw can and cut left hand.
North Star Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
FOUR ROOF FALLS HAVE OCCURED AT R DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON THE 001-DMMU. THE ROOF FALLS ARE ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE ZONE. THE ROOF FALLS ARE APPROX 20' X 30' X 6' HIGH. THE ROOF FALLS IN THE #3 ENTRY IS IN THE INTERSECTION, THE FALL IN #5 ENTRY IS IN INTERSECTION. THE FALL IN #6 AND #7 ENTRIES ARE IN THE MAIN ENTRY
August 12, 2005
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
North Star Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Making a splice, when he cut cable, knife slipped cutting his left hand.
North Star Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
Had fall in no #2 entry on main return. the fall is about 7 ft high, 18 ft wide from one end of block to the intersection. spad n459 50 ft inby spad.