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Highwall Miner #64 Coal

Fox Knob Coal Co. Inc. · Surface

Controlled by U S Coal Corporation

Coldiron, Harlan County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1519392

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2010–2011
Latest incident: Apr 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2010

citations

significant & substantial

$2,533

proposed penalties

$2,421

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 Q1	0	0	0
2014 Q4	0	0	0
2014 Q2	0	0	0
2013 Q4	0	0	0
2013 Q3	0	0	0
2013 Q1	0	0	0
2012 Q4	0	0	0
2012 Q3	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

April 8, 2011 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Fox Knob Coal Co. Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was trying to hold one end of a auger head when the weight shifted to his side and he felt something pull in his back.

2010 · 1 incident

November 9, 2010 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Fox Knob Coal Co. Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

The employee was pulling a pin out of a highwall miner beam, when the pin got stuck and he attempted to pull harder and he didn't use his legs to pull the pin, he instead used his back and it resulted in a strained back.