Mining Incidents

No 24 Coal

Eagle Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Debord, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519296

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2009–2012
Latest incident
Mar 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
100
citations
18
significant & substantial
$21,182
proposed penalties
$18,862
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
2012 Q1 36,583 9 2 246.0
2011 Q3 27,871 7 3 251.2
2011 Q2 37,974 7 1 184.3
2011 Q1 34,298 10 1 291.6
2010 Q3 15,684 3 1 191.3
2010 Q2 1,620 9 1 5555.6
2010 Q1 16,549 11 1 664.7
2009 Q4 1,620 11 0 6790.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2012 · 1 incident

March 6, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

Employee was roof bolting when the bolter pulled up to the next roll of butts the bolter tire hit employee left ankle.

2011 · 7 incidents

December 22, 2011 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a lift jack working on a gravel car and strained his back. Employee worked until 1/20/12 then went off work.

November 7, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was roof bolting when a piece of rock fell and hit him on top of his left shoulder draw rock was 12" wide X 16" long and 1" thick.

October 13, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was roof bolting when the drill steel stuck in the roof when he reached to get it the drill steel fell and struck his middle finger on his right hand between the drill steel and the roof bolter cutting it he received 12 stitches.

July 28, 2011 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall at spad 480. 3,000 feet from the face. Fall was 40 feet in length, 20 feet in width and 6 feet in height. Fall will be cleaned up. A clean up plan has been developed.

June 7, 2011 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was trimming a belt splice with a utility knife when the utility knife slipped and it cut his middle finger on his left hand. Received 40 stitches.

April 12, 2011 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking at #3 head drive shoveling belts when he tripped and fell on the concrete and fractured his left forearm and is right forearm.

March 2, 2011 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE was shoveling belt line when he pulled a muscle in his back.

2010 · 2 incidents

August 2, 2010 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was cleaning up when a piece of draw rock fell out between bolts and hit him on his left foot and fractured it.

May 26, 2010 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was opening a can of oil when the utility knife cut his left hand. EE rec. 6 stitches.

2009 · 3 incidents

December 18, 2009 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was moving the roof bolter when he stepped and his arm hit the slide lever, and the slide came out and mashed his middle finger on his left hand. Received 15 Stitches on his finger. No lost time.

October 19, 2009 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was installing roof bolts and pulled a muscle in his chest.

March 30, 2009 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was roof bolting. When he was hanging curtain board he dropped curtain board. It hit his right thumb pulling muscles in it.