Mining Incidents

Hog Trough Coal

Controlled by James River Coal Company
Slemp, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519206

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2008–2009
Latest incident
Dec 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
39
citations
20
significant & substantial
$22,685
proposed penalties
$10,625
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
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 2 0
2009 Q4 0 1 0
2009 Q3 0 9 6
2009 Q2 17,766 9 6 506.6
2009 Q1 18,893 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 14 6
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

2009 · 4 incidents

December 18, 2009 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
James River Coal Service Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was standing about ten ft. away from the loader bucket, where they were replacing a tooth on the bucket. When they hit the keeper with a hammer, a piece of the keeper shattered hitting the employee below the left knee, required stiches.

April 9, 2009 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
James River Coal Service Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Mechanic helping to install transmission on D9R Dozer. Mechanic caught his middle finger on his right hand underneath when the transmission was being slid into the tracks.

March 18, 2009 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler STRIKING OR BUMPING
James River Coal Service Company · Struck against stationary object

He was walking around the Ford truck. There was a door open on another truck parked beside it. He didn't see it and walked into the door.

February 4, 2009 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
James River Coal Service Company · Struck against a moving object

Operator stated that the 773-B rock truck skided into the berm, then comming to a rest on the left side of haul road into a mud hole. He was taken to the Hazard ARH Hospital. They did a CSAT Scan on him, the doctor said that he had a strained lower back and should be able to return to work in a couple days.

2008 · 1 incident

July 3, 2008 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
James River Coal Service Company · Struck against a moving object

Drove up on top of the berm for approximately 80 feet, then the truck rolled over two times coming to a resting point 140 feet over embankment.