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#8 Wallins Creek Strip Coal

Fox Knob Coal Company, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by U S Coal Corporation

Wallins, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518893

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 9
Years on record: 2006–2011
Latest incident: May 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

citations

significant & substantial

$11,679

proposed penalties

$10,924

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 Q3	0	0	0
2013 Q2	0	0	0
2012 Q4	440	4	0	9090.9
2012 Q3	6,495	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	4,893	9	1	1839.4
2010 Q2	24,855	3	0	120.7
2010 Q1	20,764	0	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

9 on file

2011 · 1 incident

May 23, 2011 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc. · Struck by falling object

The employee was putting a primer box up in the top of a magazine and the box fell down. He tried to catch the box and felt something pull in his shoulder. The doctor put him on light duty at that time. He continued to have pain and the doctor put him off of work until he could see a neurosurgeon. Date 07/26/2011. The employee was on light duty from 05/23/2011 to 07/26/2011.

2010 · 2 incidents

November 19, 2010 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE

Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

The employee moved a rock truck and the bed free fell there fore shaking the employee. His back & neck was bothering him. He said he didn't need to go to a doctor. Went to doctor at later date. WE WAS NOTIFIED 03/14/2011 OF HIS PROBLEM AND ABOUT THE DOCTOR WANTING HIM TO BE OFF WORK FOR THERAPY. accident date 11/19/2010 - off work date 03/14/2011

November 3, 2010 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

climbing up on excavator, foot slipped, hit his knee, torn ACL. Doctor put him off of work 12/08/2010. He had not missed any work till 12/08/2010. Accident date 11/03/2010

2009 · 2 incidents

August 19, 2009 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Service man was taking a cap off to put a hose on a tank and there was some pressure behind it. The oil sprayed in his face and eyes.

May 4, 2009 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Injury said to foreman that his back was hurting before the shift started. he started to do invetory that morning and picked up a box out of the magazine and went to the ground. he said he was hurting in his right hip and back and leg.

2007 · 1 incident

September 6, 2007 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was servicing equipment when grease gun splattered grease into employee's eye.

2006 · 3 incidents

December 26, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee tripped and fell on deck of R-65 while hooking up jumper cables. Hurt his back.

August 10, 2006 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY

Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EE was working an old slide in Hollow when the dirt above slid down on excavator- EE is okay

June 30, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was traveling access road to get to the drill when the road broke off and turned over the truck he was traveling in.