Mining Incidents

NO 7 Coal

Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Ulysses, Lawrence County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519509

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
2013–2015
Latest incident
Sep 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
233
citations
57
significant & substantial
$61,477
proposed penalties
$50,752
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
2016 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 567 1 0 1763.7
2015 Q3 6,403 2 0 312.4
2015 Q1 24,758 36 4 1454.1
2014 Q4 20,101 40 8 1990.0
2014 Q3 17,754 5 0 281.6
2013 Q3 1,403 8 2 5702.1
2013 Q2 34,129 30 7 879.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2015 · 7 incidents

September 1, 2015 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was outside of mine office. He bent over to pick up a piece of metal and felt pain in his back.

June 9, 2015 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was walking around a scoop to get a bag of rock dust when he tripped on a slick rock. He caught himself with his right arm and pulled a muscle in his arm and shoulder.

May 5, 2015 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was walking he went in No 3 Heading and a piece of draw rock 3" thick 15" wide and 2' long fell and hit him on his neck.

March 5, 2015 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator OTHER
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was eating lunch at section power box. He went to stand up and felt pain in his lower back.

January 6, 2015 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was knocking down a half header. Down from roof top when it fell it hit him on his right hand and cut his little finger he received 4 stitches.

January 5, 2015 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was helping making a belt move using a red devil hand operated ratchet when he releasing the ratchet the handle slipped and caught his right thumb between handle and the latch. It fracture his thumb.

2014 · 8 incidents

October 23, 2014 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 glue onto the roof bolter. When he twisted around he felt pain in his back.

September 15, 2014 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was roof bolting in place when he slipped and tripped and fell on his right shoulder.

July 18, 2014 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking across section doing pre shift exam when he stepped in a hole and tripped and twisted his right knee. Employee worked until 8/12/14. then went off work.

May 2, 2014 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was using a slate bar to lift belt line up and pulled muscle in his back.

April 3, 2014 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was operating a continuous miner loading a shuttle car when a piece sand stone came out of the conveyor on the miner and struck him on the right side of his hard hat.

2013 · 3 incidents

August 30, 2013 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a band off a pallet on blocks and cut his left hand with a utility knife. He received 7 stitches.

August 12, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Coalburg Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was watching belt run to trim a splice and a piece of the belt line came around and hit him in the face and cut his chin. He received 10 stitches on his chin. Came back to work the next day.