Mining Incidents

Mine #2 Coal

Clark Mining, Inc · Underground
Controlled by Joshua Clark
Jenkins, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519327

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2009–2015
Latest incident
Mar 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
950
citations
232
significant & substantial
$687,469
proposed penalties
$64,806
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
2015 Q3 4,240 30 8 7075.5
2015 Q2 9,984 65 15 6510.4
2015 Q1 1,024 32 4 31250.0
2014 Q4 8,448 36 2 4261.4
2014 Q1 580 66 26 113793.1
2013 Q4 6,652 64 15 9621.2
2013 Q3 601 45 10 74875.2
2013 Q1 1,165 30 8 25751.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2015 · 1 incident

March 9, 2015 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Mining, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Belt boss taking out top roller of belt . Dropped caught finger between belt rail and top structure cut end of middle. Went to hospital got 17 stitches.

2014 · 1 incident

July 14, 2014 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clark Mining, Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall on belt line 8 breaks outby #4 drive. No injuries. Fell between shifts in intersection and 1/2 through crosscuts.

2012 · 1 incident

September 10, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clark Mining, Inc · Struck by falling object

Roof bolting left break when piece of draw rock fell hitting employee on right hand. Went to ER cleaned & sutured hand. Had to have surgery at a later date to repair tendon on hand.

2011 · 2 incidents

December 10, 2011 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Clark Mining, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Shoveling tail piece while belt was running. Belt caught shovel and pinched finger against tail piece. Mashed end of finger.

July 19, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Clark Mining, Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Caught finger between steel and chuck of bolter head cutting finger. Went to ER, finger was cleaned and sutured.

2010 · 5 incidents

October 27, 2010 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

At 9:50 AM on 10/27/10, an unintentional roof fall was discovered during a pre-shift examination while an MSHA inspection was on-going. The fall occurred at Spad #165 on the belt. It measured approximately 25' L x 20' W x 6' H.

October 21, 2010 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

An unintentional roof fall was discovered during an MSHA inspection. (This was the third of three falls originally reported on 10/22/2010). It occurred at the #3 entry between blocks outby Spad #122, measuring 6' H x 20' W x 40'L).

October 21, 2010 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

An unintentional roof fall was discovered during an MSHA inspection. (This was the second of three roof falls originally reported on 10/22/10). The fall occurred between #4 and #5 entries at Spad #111, measuring approximately 6' H x 20' W x 60'L.

October 21, 2010 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

Three unintentional roof falls were discovered during an MSHA inspection. The first occurred at the #5 entry at spad #83 (measuring approximately 6' H x 20' W x 50'L).

October 13, 2010 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

An unintentional roof fall was discovered during a pre-shift examination. The fall occurred at the #2 Entry of the Return, 1 break outby Spad #138. It measured approximately 6 -7 feet high, 20 feet wide, and 40 feet long.

2009 · 2 incidents

June 5, 2009 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
R & R Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Roof Fall: Outby spad 144 30' long, 19' wide & 4-5' thick. Ventilation not blocked. Primary escapeway blocked.

June 4, 2009 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
R & R Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall, 60' over to right of spad 130, #8 entry intake. 50' long X 19.5' wide X 5-6' thick. No passage way blocked, no vent change, no escape routes blocked.