Mining Incidents

LEWIS CREEK Coal

Controlled by ACNR Holdings, Inc
ROCKPORT, Ohio County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519511

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2012–2017
Latest incident
Aug 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
134
citations
58
significant & substantial
$68,245
proposed penalties
$47,528
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
2024 Q2 209 1 0 4784.7
2024 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 566 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 403 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,228 1 0 814.3
2022 Q3 957 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 169 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 110 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

13 on file

2017 · 3 incidents

August 31, 2017 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Struck against a moving object

On 08/31/2017 employee was operating an end loader and ran over a rock jarring their lower back. Employee continued to work and on 10/25/2017 they went to the Doctor for treatment.

July 24, 2017 KY · Coal master electrician HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE climbed up on ladder of Komatsu 785 Haul Truck to inspect and secure a block heater receptacle that was broke off. When climbing back down off of the truck EE strained lower back. EE finished the shift and did not report injury till 1:00 pm on 7/25/2017.

June 14, 2017 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Struck against a moving object

Road was wet. Driver said that EE looked down and when EE looked back up EE was at the edge of the road and ran up on the side of the safety berm, which knocked the wheel back into fuel tank. Driver sustained cut on head from hitting light and bruised ribs.

2016 · 4 incidents

November 18, 2016 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was repairing a hydraulic hose on #146 1250 Komatsu excavator when EE slipped on spilled oil and fell on a compartment door. Injury was to the right rib cage area.

July 16, 2016 KY · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Struck by flying object

Employee was holding a B/O hammer and another employee was hitting it with a sledge hammer driving the wedges out of Drag rope sockets on the bucket. Employee made a bad strike causing a piece of metal to fly off the B/O hammer and lodge in EE left forearm. Employee received 2 stitches in left forearm.

February 15, 2016 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was entering the cab of Komatsu 785 Haul Truck and the door had been left open letting snow on floor board. Employee slipped on snow and hit EE's back on arm rest of seat.

January 14, 2016 KY · Coal drill operator NONPOWERED HAULAGE
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was unhooking boomer chains on a lowboy when the lowboy was being lowered to the ground to be unhooked from truck employee's left foot was under the frame of the lowboy causing it to smash EE's foot.

2015 · 1 incident

April 21, 2015 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Struck against a moving object

Employee injured mid-lower back.

2014 · 2 incidents

October 24, 2014 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was fueling a dozer, handling the fuel hose when he started having pain in his right shoulder, neck and arm. He thinks he strained himself handling the fuel hose.

September 27, 2014 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee the 2nd shift foreman had started the pit pump when he saw a twist in the discharge hose. He reached for the hose and the pump picked up water. The hose hit him in the left thigh knocking him to the ground.

2013 · 1 incident

July 20, 2013 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Struck by falling object

EE was working on a part clamped in a vise. When he loosened the vise to reposition the part it began to fall and EE tried to catch the part and it mashed the tip of his middle finger on his right hand causing him to loose the tip of his finger at the first joint.

2012 · 2 incidents

October 15, 2012 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was moving cribbing blocks and mashed his small finger on his right hand.

April 27, 2012 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
ARMSTRONG COAL CO., INC. · Struck against a moving object

Employee hit a bump in the haul road and jarred his upper back and neck. He did not report the injury until the next day. He did not seek medical attention until 4/29/2012 two days after the incident.