Mining Incidents

Grapevine Mine Coal

Banner Blue Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Metinvest B V
Phyllis, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519188

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Grapevine Mine.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Jun 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
360
citations
112
significant & substantial
$176,892
proposed penalties
$64,179
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 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 634 18 3 28391.2
2014 Q4 1,056 52 16 49242.4
2014 Q3 17,339 19 1 1095.8
2014 Q2 18,454 33 6 1788.2
2014 Q1 13,380 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 110 0 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

2012 · 5 incidents

June 26, 2012 KY · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wellmore Coal Corporation · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was loading cap wedges in the stockpile area onto a forklift when he tripped over a metal band that held the cap wedges together for shipment to the mine. He fell catching his fall with his right hand and knee. On 6-29-12 he was put on restricted duty due to his wrist hurting and returned to full work duty on 7-9-2012--a total of six days.

May 22, 2012 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wellmore Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

Employee was tramming a scoop in a slanted area and it slid into the rib. He complained of his back and neck hurting. He was put on restricted duty for two days and returned to his regular job.

May 9, 2012 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wellmore Coal Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was rocking dusting by hand in the number 4 left break and as he was spreading dust his back started hurting.

April 16, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Wellmore Coal Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was bolting top in the face of the number 6 entry. When he deactivated the stab jack the canopy hit him on top of the head. He is complaining of neck and chest pain. He returned to work on his next regular scheduled shift but to complications he started missing worn on 4-18-2012.

January 19, 2012 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Sapphire Coal Company · Fall from machine

The employee was attempting to cross a belt that was not running and when he stepped on the belt, the belt accidentally started and he lost balance hitting his head on a piece of metal across the belt and then had to jump off the belt. The employee returned to work the next shift but later diagnosed with a break in a vertebrae and broken ribs. Employee continues to work.