Mining Incidents

Eastfork Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Armstrong Energy Inc
Centertown, Ohio County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519407

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2009–2015
Latest incident
Oct 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
34
citations
13
significant & substantial
$34,095
proposed penalties
$25,965
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
2016 Q1 481 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,563 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q1 15,494 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 22,715 4 3 176.1
2011 Q1 45,163 5 3 110.7
2010 Q4 42,551 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 41,376 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

3 on file

2015 · 1 incident

October 6, 2015 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was repairing a machine and lifted a part with his service truck crane. When he brought the cable back up it caught on bumper of service truck, came loose hitting and lacerating above left eye requiring sutures.

2012 · 1 incident

March 1, 2012 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Fall from machine

Operator was climbing up the steps of a Cat 773 water truck when he lost his grip causing him to fall back to the ground. He tried to break the fall by throwing his arm back and fractured his wrist when he hit the ground.

2009 · 1 incident

December 16, 2009 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was fueling a dozer. He slipped on frozen ground and strained/twisted his lower right leg.