Mining Incidents

Pathfork Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Caloway, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519549

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2013–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
45
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,728
proposed penalties
$3,526
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 20,023 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,458 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 17,940 18 5 1003.3
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 file

2015 · 2 incidents

June 7, 2015 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was traveling around a curve when he stated that it felt like the truck set down and it turned over onto his right side

April 23, 2015 KY · Coal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was sowing grass using the Honda 350 4-wheeler when he was going around a mud hole when the 4-wheeler hit a tree and turned over hurting his left side and shoulder. The injury date was 4-23-15, did not go to Doctor until 5-12-15. He was put off from work to do tests.

2013 · 2 incidents

June 24, 2013 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving a Volvo A40F truck when he hit a hole, jerked steering wheel hurting lower back and right leg.