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Lick Branch Strip Coal

James River Coal Service Company · Surface

Controlled by James River Coal Company

Meta, Pike County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1519332

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2010
Latest incident: May 2010

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2009

citations

significant & substantial

$15,903

proposed penalties

$15,615

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
2011 Q1	0	0	0
2010 Q4	6,125	3	2	489.8
2010 Q3	0	5	3
2010 Q2	0	0	0
2010 Q1	13,692	1	1	73.0
2009 Q4	0	6	4
2009 Q3	0	3	1
2009 Q2	13,982	1	1	71.5

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

2010 · 1 incident

May 17, 2010 KY · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

James River Coal Service Company · Fall onto or against objects

He was replacing main pumps back in the boxes to take back to the shop, when he slipped and fell from his truck bed and struck the bumper in his back. He was in pain, so had to quit working.