Mining Incidents

Round Bottom Surface Mine Coal

South Williamson, Ky, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519453

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2010–2011
Latest incident
Sep 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
30
citations
16
significant & substantial
$50,354
proposed penalties
$50,254
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
2013 Q1 1,654 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,020 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,633 1 0 103.8
2012 Q1 2,304 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 15,563 2 1 128.5
2011 Q3 8,050 3 1 372.7
2011 Q2 2,833 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 21,636 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

4 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

September 26, 2011 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Road Fork Development Company, Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was positioning a set of metal cribs under monorails, to load on a flatbed truck, when he felt a burning in his right knee. He was given a knee brace.

March 29, 2011 KY · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator POWERED HAULAGE
Road Fork Development Company, Inc · Struck against a moving object

Operating a Hitachi 1700 Rock Truck traveling up an incline to the dump. As the truck approached the top section of the ramp, a large rock shifted causing the truck's front wheels to come off the ground and then back down, jarring the member. He returned to work, then on 4/1/2011 he was taken off work until 4/11/2011.

2010 · 2 incidents

October 28, 2010 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Road Fork Development Company, Inc · Struck against a moving object

Going down hill on New Road. Ran over something, tore out plug in bottom of fuel tank & lost all the fuel out. Motor died out, lost brakes. Truck was checked at the scene. Was driver's fault.

September 22, 2010 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Road Fork Development Company, Inc · Fall from machine

EE was dismounting a DML 45 Rock Drill when he slipped and fell. He was taken off work on 10/15/10 after an MRI revealed he had a bulging disc and a sprained left knee.