Mining Incidents

Mine #16 Coal

Dana, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519127

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Jan 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
156
citations
46
significant & substantial
$50,729
proposed penalties
$34,169
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
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 1,846 3 0 1625.1
2009 Q1 24,088 21 7 871.8
2008 Q3 17,119 18 4 1051.5
2008 Q2 1,317 31 6 23538.3
2008 Q1 17,842 12 2 672.6
2007 Q3 3,163 18 8 5690.8
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

2009 · 1 incident

January 7, 2009 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
South Akers Mining Company LLC · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee says he was injured on job. We contest this. Action has been turned over to lawyers.

2008 · 1 incident

June 3, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
South Akers Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Operator was running a scoop to unload roof bolting supply and his light came outside of the deck and he reach over to pull it back in. The scoop ran into the rib and it sivel and catch his left hand and mashed his fingers between the deck, his light, and the back part of the scoop.

2007 · 1 incident