← Back to search

Liggett #6 Coal

Liggett Mining LLC · Underground

Controlled by James C Justice II

Mary Alice, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1519234

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Liggett #6.

Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2009
Latest incident: Jan 2009

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

113

citations

significant & substantial

$122,624

proposed penalties

$24,943

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 Q3	0	0	0
2009 Q2	20,365	22	3	1080.3
2009 Q1	18,353	16	6	871.8
2008 Q4	14,562	24	7	1648.1
2008 Q3	3,902	51	22	13070.2

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 · 3 incidents

January 19, 2009 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Liggett Mining LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE was walking toward the miner to see why it wasn't running and tripped over the shuttle car cable, striking his right knee against a small piece of rock on the bottom.

January 19, 2009 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Liggett Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While pulling a piece of curtain, employee slipped and twisted his back, causing pain in his lower back.

January 13, 2009 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Liggett Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While cleaning under the belt tailpiece, employee was using a slate bar to dislodge compacted coal and hit his thumb between the slate bar and the tailpiece.