Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Coal Creek Mining, LLC · Underground
Controlled by George Chris Waugh
Craynor, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518792

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2005–2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
500
citations
227
significant & substantial
$177,493
proposed penalties
$29,120
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
2011 Q1 2,976 52 25 17473.1
2009 Q4 0 18 6
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 3,589 37 17 10309.3
2009 Q1 2,357 11 4 4666.9
2008 Q4 0 23 10
2008 Q3 0 74 44
2008 Q2 3,550 1 1 281.7
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 file

2008 · 1 incident

August 7, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & D Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Walking toward fan he slipped and fell striking left side of ribs and lower back on the ground.

2006 · 3 incidents

June 26, 2006 KY · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper POWERED HAULAGE
Green River Mining Company Inc. · Struck by falling object

Pulling block with scoop and the block fell landing on his left hand.

February 8, 2006 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Green River Mining Company Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was cutting scrapping out of the bottom and cutter chain grabbed the bottom and kicked back and briefly pinned him against the rib.

2005 · 1 incident

July 20, 2005 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green River Mining Company Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was shoveling ribs when employee turned to get ribs behind him and he twisted his leg, injuring his right knee.