Mining Incidents

D-1 Mine Coal

Montana Bakken, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Douglas Warriner
Wallins, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519514

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2010–2013
Latest incident
Jun 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
164
citations
82
significant & substantial
$157,058
proposed penalties
$1,378
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
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 1 0
2021 Q1 0 1 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 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

12 on file

2013 · 1 incident

June 27, 2013 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. · Contact with electrical current

Employee was getting ready to start building mine portal barricades when somehow or another the ground clamps and electrode holder got together while he was holding them.

2012 · 5 incidents

June 18, 2012 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

A rock fall occurred in the #3 Entry (Belt Entry) at crosscut #21. The fall is approx. 34 FT. long, 49 FT. wide, and 10 FT. thick.

June 11, 2012 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was pulling roof bolt straps and tripped over a rock and fell against the mine rib.

June 6, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was operating Roof Bolter, spot bolting on the oo1 MMU and a piece of rock fell from the mine roof approx. 2ft. x 1ft. x 2 inches and struck employee on the left side of body on the Ribs and lower back.

April 3, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was operating roof bolter and as he started drill steel into the roof a piece of draw rock fell striking his left hand index finger requiring 9 stitches in finger.

March 21, 2012 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

A Roof Fall occurred 21 crosscuts underground from the portal in the # 5 Entry. The fall measured 20'Long x 50' Wide falling from the gob hole thru #5 entry into #4 Right. The fall was approximately 4' to 8' thick.

2011 · 3 incidents

August 10, 2011 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was cutting a band that was around a bundle of timbers, when the band broke the timbers rolled and pinned his leg against the scoop bucket.

July 15, 2011 KY · Coal mechanic helper POWERED HAULAGE
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was backing out of a shed on a three wheel buggy and pinched his hand between the shed door jam and the buggy steering handle cutting his hand and requiring stitches in his left hand.

March 31, 2011 KY · Coal FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

#3 Entry (belt-line)- Around 2:20 P.M. on 3-31-11, A large piece of rock measuring approx. 16' wide, 10' high, and 2' thick, fell off the highwall knocking down part of the canopy and the Main Belt line.

2010 · 3 incidents

December 9, 2010 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was bolting top when the wrench slipped and hit him in the face or mouth.

November 23, 2010 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. · Struck by flying object

He was hanging a curtain at the miner in #3 heading. The conveyor chain hung up on side board. When it freed up it threw a piece of metal and struck him on the elbow on his left arm. A med treated him and took him to Dr. where he received 5 stitches to his left arm.

November 11, 2010 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Manalapan Mining Co., Inc. · Struck against stationary object

When getting down off of the belt structure EE's right elbow struck the fork on the fork lift.