Mining Incidents

#31 Coal

McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by James River Coal Company
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519492

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2012–2013
Latest incident
Nov 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
227
citations
90
significant & substantial
$59,570
proposed penalties
$42,265
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 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 2 0
2013 Q1 530 2 0 3773.6
2012 Q4 17,142 18 9 1050.1
2012 Q3 29,590 45 10 1520.8
2012 Q2 29,084 28 10 962.7
2012 Q1 16,320 7 5 428.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2013 · 1 incident

November 25, 2013 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

Employee was holding a piece of belt structure another piece fell striking his hand. He has since had to have a skin graft on his finger.

2012 · 5 incidents

December 24, 2012 KY · Coal security guard, watchman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

sat down in chair and the chair went backwards and employee hit her head on a shelf and said her head, neck, back, and right side of her body hurt

November 9, 2012 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator MACHINERY
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EE was raising the drill boom of the roof bolter to check the size of a busted hydraulic hose. The hose got fouled on the frame of the roof bolter, and when he raised the drill boom and looked under it, the hose came loose and struck him above the left eye, resulting in a cut.

October 17, 2012 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was folding conveyor belt into laps. He was pulling the belt with channel locks. The channel locks slipped off the belt resulting in EE straining a muscle in his right side.

June 29, 2012 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast POWERED HAULAGE
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was operating a scoop hauling cable bolts. A cable bolt became fouled on the rib, sprang back and struck him on the left eye brow.