Mining Incidents

Spurlock #5 Surface Mine Coal

Spurlock Mining LLC · Surface
Controlled by Blackhawk Mining LLC
Iryton, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519075

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2008–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
106
citations
57
significant & substantial
$267,767
proposed penalties
$79,317
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
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 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

5 on file

2011 · 1 incident

November 24, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Blackhawk Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

He was cutting tree when another tree above him came down on top of him.

2008 · 4 incidents

August 18, 2008 KY · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was pulling water hose off water truck and the hose came loose and he fell off the truck injuring his left knee.

July 14, 2008 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking around foreman's pick-up when he walked into the trailer hitch causing him to fall on his left arm, dislocating his left elbow.

April 22, 2008 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Struck against a moving object

Rock Truck #78 was loading in the pit, while loading truck #75 came into the pit and backed into unit #78.

January 16, 2008 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was getting off his loader, as he was coming down ladder his slipped on a step a fell to the ground landing on his behind.