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Eastfork Surface Mine Coal

Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Surface

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

citations

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.