Mining Incidents

Straight Creek #3 Coal

Controlled by Robert L Clear
Stoney Fork, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519259

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
69
citations
38
significant & substantial
$32,946
proposed penalties
$30,137
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 1,520 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 13,512 7 5 518.1
2009 Q2 16,719 4 1 239.2
2008 Q4 20,660 7 4 338.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

September 24, 2008 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Robert Clear Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

Employee operating dozer pshing/lifting dirt rock. Rock slipped and jerked dozer causing a jar/jerking motion.