Mining Incidents

# 2 Coal

Bitco Resources Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Kevin R Yonts
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1519422

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2011–2012
Latest incident
Jul 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
321
citations
68
significant & substantial
$65,306
proposed penalties
$56,748
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
2012 Q4 0 52 13
2012 Q3 8,952 18 5 2010.7
2012 Q2 1,297 44 12 33924.4
2012 Q1 4,586 28 7 6105.5
2011 Q4 6,622 9 2 1359.1
2011 Q3 0 27 3
2011 Q2 16,079 48 10 2985.3
2011 Q1 13,700 33 7 2408.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 2 incidents

July 9, 2012 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Jet LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was positioning waterline to haul UG. A joint had unknowingly got into a bind & when he moved it, it sprang back & hit him in head creating a cut that required stitches.

May 15, 2012 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Jet LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

One employee was throwing cinder blocks through a mandoor to the victim. Through a lack of communication, victim started to pick up a block as another one was being thrown resulting in a pinched finger. Right ring finger required stitches and bandaging.

2011 · 2 incidents

April 20, 2011 KY · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Akers Mining Company, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Three men were lifting cable in order to hang it from the top. After hanging the cable 1.5 hours later EE said that he thought he had hurt his leg. He worked the rest of the shift and went home, called that night and went to the doctor the next morning.

April 18, 2011 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Akers Mining Company, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Men were in the process of hanging cable so shuttle car could haul under it. EE's where holding up cable while another ee twisted wire around it in order to hold it up. He then left section and told another ee that he had strained his groin & that he was going home.