Mining Incidents

Blackwood Coal

Controlled by Jeffery A Hoops
Partridge, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519078

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
58
citations
23
significant & substantial
$30,686
proposed penalties
$18,145
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
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 1,335 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 23,858 13 6 544.9
2007 Q4 0 11 2
2007 Q3 18,626 11 4 590.6
2007 Q2 0 23 11
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2008 · 3 incidents

February 8, 2008 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cumberland River Coal Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall in the #7 heading between crosscuts #17 and #19. Fall was approximately 100' ling and from 1' to 10 feet in height. Most equipment had been moved from the section prior to the fall and the rest of the equipment is now removed. Section has been abandoned.

February 6, 2008 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cumberland River Coal Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall in #6 heading between intersection #18 and #19. Fall was 50 feet long and 3 to 8 feet high. Area was cribbed off and equipment was being moved off the section.