Mining Incidents

Feds Creek Surface Coal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
Fedscreek, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518940

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2007–2013
Latest incident
May 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
109
citations
44
significant & substantial
$38,224
proposed penalties
$28,981
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
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q2 2,379 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,180 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,902 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,920 8 2 896.9
2011 Q3 19,672 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 15,356 7 4 455.8
2010 Q4 13,922 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 12, 2007 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · MACHINERY
Double E Augering Inc · Struck against a moving object

While excavating coal pit, equipment operator worked himself into a position that when he attempted to correct resulted in overturning excavator on its top, crushing the cab area and the operator.

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2013 · 1 incident

May 2, 2013 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Surface Minerals Company · Fall onto or against objects

Employee went to get on the push arm of a D10R dozer and his foot slipped causing him to fall and hit the push arm with his left rib cage causing cracks to two ribs. He returned to full duty the next shift. His regular job duty is an excavator.

2010 · 2 incidents

August 19, 2010 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Surface Minerals Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking from a dozer to a hauler and tripped over a small berm created by the dozer pushing, he fell to the ground. He caught his fall with his right arm and stoved it up. He continued to work and started missing work on 9-7-2010 due to complications.

June 10, 2010 KY · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
Surface Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee entered the cab of the drill and mashed his thumb when he shut the door on it. He had to have sutures to close the wound on his thumb. Tip of bone was cracked. He missed no scheduled work.

2008 · 1 incident

December 4, 2008 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
C & R Holdings of Eastern Ky LLC · Struck against a moving object

988F backed into foremans F-150 pickup truck. The foreman was backing up while talking on c.b. and backed into the path of the 988f loader. Damage was to the right rear door of F-150