Employee was putting up a roof bolt that he had bent, as he reached up to straighten the bolt back out the plate on the bolt cut his left forearm.
Lige Hollow Coal
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC
· Underground
Controlled by
American Resources Corporation
Pippa Passes,
Knott County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519497
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2011–2012
- Latest incident
- May 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
241
citations
53
significant & substantial
$50,635
proposed penalties
$47,033
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 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 5,113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 713 | 3 | 0 | 4207.6 |
| 2012 Q2 | 37,174 | 38 | 6 | 1022.2 |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,659 | 33 | 5 | 12410.7 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,897 | 20 | 4 | 6903.7 |
| 2011 Q1 | 37,670 | 41 | 13 | 1088.4 |
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 file2012 · 2 incidents
May 21, 2012
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Struck against stationary object
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was making a cable splice on a Shuttle Car when knife slipped and cut top of middle finger on left hand.
2011 · 2 incidents
October 26, 2011
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Principal was bolting when letting canopy down it struck him knocking him down he complained with back hurting. He continued to work and started missing work on 11-23-2011.
August 12, 2011
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
He and another repairman was lifting a metal cover on the continuous miner, when he slipped and the metal cover pinned his arm against the continuous miner frame. This resulted in a fracture of the small bone in his right foreman.