Mining Incidents

No. 8 Coal

Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Debord, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519494

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2010–2012
Latest incident
Aug 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
117
citations
35
significant & substantial
$27,130
proposed penalties
$21,978
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 Q2 21,561 29 12 1345.0
2012 Q1 23,737 20 7 842.6
2011 Q4 1,697 6 2 3535.7
2011 Q3 21,787 10 3 459.0
2011 Q2 23,321 15 5 643.2
2011 Q1 1,967 20 1 10167.8
2010 Q4 19,610 3 1 153.0
2010 Q3 1,620 14 4 8642.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2012 · 4 incidents

August 1, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was loading roof bolts onto roof bolter when he picked up a hand full of bolts he twisted around and strained his back.

February 27, 2012 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall has occurred located 4 crosscuts U.G. inby from the surface. 3600' from the face. The fall was 20' in length 20' width and 6' in height. The fall will be cleaned up.

January 14, 2012 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Struck by powered moving object

Employee was standing next to a scoop when the scoop moved. It struck his left foot.

January 14, 2012 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was packing a bundle of roof bolt plates and he dropped them on his right foot bruising it on the side of his foot.

2011 · 9 incidents

December 27, 2011 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall occurred in the No 1 return entry 270 ft outby the coal face. The fall was 20 ft long 30 ft wide and 7 ft thick. The fall will not be cleaned up. The entrance to fall is dangered off and supported as per roof control plan.

September 7, 2011 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Roof Fall 4,500 feet from face #4 entry. Fall was 6' in Height 18' in Width and 50' long. The fall will be cleaned up. Clean up plan is developed.

September 2, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was roof bolting when a piece of draw rock fell and hit his right thumb when he was putting the drill still in the pot it fracture his right thumb.

August 11, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was putting scoop on charge when he twisted his right knee.

August 2, 2011 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was getting shuttle car loaded when shuttle bounced and his head hit the canopy of the shuttle car.

June 28, 2011 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

The fall was at survey station #317 in the #7 entry, 1800 ft from the face. The fall was 5 ft in height, 20 ft in width and 60 ft in length. The fall will not be cleaned up. The entrance to the fall is dangered off and supported as per roof control plan.

April 30, 2011 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall in #5 entry, 1 brake outby spad #313. 10'high 20'width 60' in length. Entrance to fall was dangered off and supported as per roof control plan and will not be cleaned up.

March 25, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning out drill steel when he hit himself in the forehead with the drill steel cutting his forehead. He received 4 stitches.

February 3, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE dropped a bundle of roof bolts plates on top of his left foot cutting it. He received 5 stitches on top of his foot.

2010 · 3 incidents

October 20, 2010 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was hitting drill steel with a wrench, when the wrench bounced back and hit him on the forehead. He received 6 stitches on his forehead. Came back to work the next day, no lost time.

September 24, 2010 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee had moved roof bolter in 3 left to let the continuous miner back up. When a piece of draw rock, paper thin to 2" thick by 2' wide and 3' long fell and hit him on his back causing abrasions and contusions and 1 cracked vertebra.

July 16, 2010 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Coalburg Enterprises Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing talking to boom truck operator when the operator pushed lever to move outrigger. The outrigger struck employee's left arm.