Mining Incidents

No 23 Coal

Eagle Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Van Lear, Johnson County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519100

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
35
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,920
proposed penalties
$3,422
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 180 3 0 16666.7
2008 Q1 16,316 13 1 796.8
2007 Q4 11,972 10 1 835.3
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 3 1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2008 · 7 incidents

September 3, 2008 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee came in early to work and was loading belt structure in scoop bucket and pulled a muscle in his stomach.

June 14, 2008 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall at 3 crosscuts outby Spad 151 between #5 and #6 entries. The fall is approximately 1800 ft underground and 1500 ft from the face. Fall was 16' high, 18' wide and 20' long. The mine was idle. Employees were doing utility work. Fall will not be cleaned up. Fall will be dangered off and supported as per roof control plan.

June 10, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was roof bolting he was putting in pin steel and pulled wrong lever and boom came down and hit his right hand bruising it.

May 9, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

He was unloading supplies when he felt pain in lower back, pulled muscle.

April 21, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

He was bolting roof When he was changing drill steel. When the steel fell out an hit his hand cutting his right thumb. He received 16 stitches. No lost time.

April 7, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

He was helping to move mine. He was walking with his headto one side. When his left ear hit a roof bolt and cut it. He received 5 stitches in his left ear. Came back to work on "No lost time".

March 15, 2008 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using a utility knife, working on the phone line when the knife slipped and cut his middle finger on his left hand. EE received 3 stitches at the ER and returned to work and finished his shift. No time lost.

2007 · 1 incident

November 2, 2007 KY · Coal INUNDATION
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

2nd shift 220 feet in mining hit auger hole. Mines pre law. No accurate mine maps are available. Inundation of water.