Mining Incidents

Three Mile Reclamation Work #1 Coal

Shelby Gap, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518748

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2005–2006
Latest incident
Oct 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
26
citations
10
significant & substantial
$1,832
proposed penalties
$1,733
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
2006 Q4 0 3 2
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 3 2
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 198 12 1 60606.1
2005 Q3 0 2 1
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q2 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

2006 · 1 incident

October 20, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
AEP Kentucky Coal, L. L. C. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pulling chocker cable to drill, ground was muddy, ee slipped. He kept on working, did not report being hurt, ran dozer rest of day. Did not call in or report for work 10-23, 10-24-06. Called at 3:45 pm on 10-24-06 and said he had hurt his back.

2005 · 3 incidents

September 3, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
AEP Kentucky Coal, L. L. C. · Struck by flying object

Employee was driving a pin into a bucket tooth when a piece of metal chipped off of the pin and became embedded in his right forearm.

June 27, 2005 KY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
AEP Kentucky Coal, L. L. C. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE had parked his service truck in order to work on a grease truck. Although the park brake had been set, the service truck began to roll backwards. He was caught between the driver's door of the service truck and the front bumper of the grease truck.

January 1, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
AEP Kentucky Coal, L. L. C. · Struck by falling object

EE stated that he was lying on the ground changing a fuel filter on a chevrolet pick up when 2 foreign body fell into his right eye. He said he flashed it out with eyewash and continued working. Two days later his eye become painful and felt like something was in it.