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Mine No 1 Coal

Owlco Energy LLC · Underground

Controlled by Curtis Laws

Partridge, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1518870

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2005–2011
Latest incident: Dec 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

470

citations

124

significant & substantial

$245,949

proposed penalties

$122,743

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
2012 Q3	8,513	7	0	822.3
2012 Q2	6,319	23	3	3639.8
2012 Q1	6,012	21	8	3493.0
2011 Q4	0	26	6
2011 Q3	6,354	8	1	1259.0
2011 Q2	0	15	3
2011 Q1	9,216	8	2	868.1
2010 Q4	8,738	7	1	801.1

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

October 7, 2011 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Owlco Energy LLC · Struck by falling object

Miner was repairing broke conveyor chain on 94L bridge position himself under the bridge when it fell striking him in the chest area.

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2011 · 2 incidents

December 7, 2011 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Owlco Energy LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was turning drive shaft on mobile bridge carrier when hand slipped off pipe wrench he was using to turn shaft causing the pipe wrench to strike him in the jaw.

May 17, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Owlco Energy LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was lining up two pieces of metal one piece of metal slipped mashing miners left index finger between the two pieces of metal.

2006 · 1 incident

July 17, 2006 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Jarisa Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was installing roof bolts, he started to swing the head over to install the next roof bolts when he accidently dropped the canopy on his head, which is over the roof bolter.

2005 · 1 incident

October 21, 2005 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Jarisa Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.