Mining Incidents

KC #1 Coal

McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. · Underground
Controlled by James River Coal Company
Mousie, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518747

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
698
citations
246
significant & substantial
$1,031,818
proposed penalties
$100,873
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 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 9 4
2012 Q3 0 2 0
2012 Q2 0 2 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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 25, 2012 KY · Coal welder (shop) Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Worker took it on his self to cut belt line down without the use of the equipment that we was using to take it down with. He cut it then started walking away from it as it was falling. Then it caught the catwalk he was on and flipped him over the double hand rail on the catwalk and fell to the ground about 20 ft down.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2011 · 1 incident

January 19, 2011 KY · Coal FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Fools Gold Energy Corp · Accident type, without injuries

Freezing and thawing temperature changes contributed to material becoming unstable. The effected area did not show any signs of weakness or deterioration prior to rock/material sliding off highwall into pit.

2008 · 1 incident

February 6, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Solar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was backing cutter out of #11 entry and thru wing curtain and hit rib.