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Lowsplint Surface Coal

Double Mountain Mining LLC · Surface

Controlled by Michael Blubaugh

Middlesboro, Bell County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1519272

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2008–2017
Latest incident: Oct 2017

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

160

citations

significant & substantial

$25,109

proposed penalties

$19,978

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
2023 Q4	1,728	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	0	0	0
2022 Q4	1,276	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	0	0	0
2021 Q1	0	0	0
2020 Q3	0	20	3
2020 Q2	3,297	7	1	2123.1
2020 Q1	1,794	2	0	1114.8

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2017 · 1 incident

October 9, 2017 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Double Mountain Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving articulator truck and the rough road caused injury to lower back. Employee did not want to go to the Dr. at this time.

2016 · 1 incident

June 3, 2016 KY · Coal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator MACHINERY

Middlesboro Mining Operations, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was on bank reclaiming with excavator and the excavator became unbalanced tipping several times over the spoil, landing on it's side. Employee transferred to hospital by ambulance, then flown by helicopter to U.T. hospital.

2015 · 1 incident

April 29, 2015 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Middlesboro Mining Operations, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Operator was pushing uphill on slope and noticed pain in upper part of back area. Went to Dr. for x-rays. Shows signs of spurs on spine, which was inflamed.

2008 · 1 incident

September 1, 2008 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Appolo Fuels Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was changing drill bit and it fell on his foot.