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Laurel Fork Surface Coal

James River Coal Service Company · Surface

Controlled by James River Coal Company

Inez, Martin County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1519302

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2009–2011
Latest incident: Sep 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

citations

significant & substantial

$4,472

proposed penalties

$4,351

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	6,086	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	10,451	9	3	861.2
2010 Q4	4,867	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	0	0	0
2010 Q2	0	0	0
2010 Q1	0	0	0
2009 Q4	3,220	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	10,442	0	0	0.0

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

September 28, 2011 KY · Coal FIRE

James River Coal Service Company · Accident type, without injuries

After parking the equipment for the evening, (no night shift at this mine) the security guard called and said one of the dozers was on fire. This was approximately 1 1/2 hours after the shift was completed.

2009 · 1 incident

April 13, 2009 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Miller Bros Coal LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Opening tractor-trailer door, grabbed and turned handle, resulting in straining low back.