Mining Incidents

S-28 Lewis Creek Coal

Blackjewel L.L.C. · Surface
Controlled by Jeffery A Hoops
Napier, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519161

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008–2018
Latest incident
Mar 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
98
citations
29
significant & substantial
$24,547
proposed penalties
$16,582
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
2019 Q1 2,413 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 20,171 2 0 99.2
2017 Q3 12,336 16 5 1297.0
2017 Q2 15,636 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 13,722 17 4 1238.9
2016 Q2 13,102 20 6 1526.5
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 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

2 on file

2018 · 1 incident

March 6, 2018 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blackjewel L.L.C. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was checking a drain pipe & fell on loose rock hitting knee and chest on a rock pile.

2008 · 1 incident

December 10, 2008 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
James River Coal Service Company · Struck against a moving object

Dozer was pushing material (rock/dirt) to a 992-G loader, the highwall fell with-out any warning. The operator had a cut/laceration to his forehead. Extensive damage was done to the dozer.