Mining Incidents

7-E Coal

Controlled by James L Griffith
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519541

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2011–2015
Latest incident
Jan 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
445
citations
140
significant & substantial
$162,154
proposed penalties
$89,744
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
2015 Q4 784 4 1 5102.0
2015 Q3 6,477 14 5 2161.5
2015 Q2 7,260 7 2 964.2
2015 Q1 6,304 15 3 2379.4
2014 Q4 6,195 47 11 7586.8
2014 Q3 8,414 27 8 3208.9
2014 Q2 6,754 10 4 1480.6
2014 Q1 6,728 15 2 2229.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2015 · 1 incident

January 22, 2015 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Co, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE and another ee were changing a wheel unit on 21SC shuttle car - while they were taking out the last bolts - wheel unit fell from blocking-catching ee tight finger.

2014 · 3 incidents

May 28, 2014 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dags Branch Coal Co, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee and two co-workers were changing a 220V Surface Pond Pump when he slipped and twisted back.

April 28, 2014 KY · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dags Branch Coal Co, Inc. · Fall from machine

After loading a coal truck I brought the end loader over by the shop and started to exit the machine. I got my feet tangled up and fell from top step to the ground.

February 6, 2014 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Co, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Subject was attempting to crush a piece of rock that was lodged in the Belt Feeder. He said, he was busting the rock with a sledge hammer and he went to move it with his left hand, the rock broke crushing his left hand.

2013 · 3 incidents

December 3, 2013 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Co, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was positioning a gear for the continuous miner ripper when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back area and a burning sensation in his left leg.

September 10, 2013 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dags Branch Coal Co, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE had loaded a coal truck when he went to exit the end loader he lost his footage ended up swinging on hand rail - hitting his back & head on side of end loader.

February 12, 2013 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Co, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Crew were setting timbers one guy threw a timber to be set and hit EE's right hand.

2012 · 2 incidents

September 24, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Co, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE roof bolter operator had started to bolt in the #6 entry when he attempted to bend G bolt he hurt the lower part of his back.

February 29, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dags Branch Coal Co, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was bolting a corner when a piece of draw rock fell and hit him on the left hand.

2011 · 1 incident

February 17, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dags Branch Coal Co, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was attempting to move rock out of the feeder when the rock fell over & caught his thumb between the rock & metal.