Mining Incidents

Samuel Mine Coal

KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Underground
Kite, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519559

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2013–2014
Latest incident
Nov 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
216
citations
61
significant & substantial
$30,772
proposed penalties
$14,051
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
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 2,352 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 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

7 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

November 5, 2014 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
CBL Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Bolting machine operator had set machine up to install last roof bolt. Was crawling up to install last bolt and a piece of draw rock fell and hit him in the back and blackened his eye.

September 30, 2014 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
CBL Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was installing last roof bolt in #9 Heading when a piece of rock fell striking him back area

2013 · 5 incidents

October 17, 2013 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Bee B & B LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE was backing out of the #3 heading with a load of coal. He crossed under the roof bolter cable with the back of the scoop and then he turned his head to be certain the front would go under the cable then he ran over a lump of coal and it pushed him against top.

October 12, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bee B & B LLC · Struck by falling object

The operator of the #3 roof bolter was attempting to put another cable bolt up (after having hung one) he started a hole adjacent to the previous hole when a piece of draw rock became dislodged from the top and struck him on his left wrist.

October 10, 2013 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bee B & B LLC · Struck against stationary object

The accident occurred when the victim was attempting to back out of the battery charging station on his permissible buggy and while looking over his shoulder he backed into a cable bole plate and it cut above his eye.

October 1, 2013 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bee B & B LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The victim was attempting to pick a rock of the drag chain when the off-side rock picker attempted to bust the same rock with a sledge hammer. When the sledge hammer came in contact with the rock the victims left hand was still there and his pinky finger was smashed.

September 17, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bee B & B LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The #3 roof bolter operator was attempting to connect two pieces of drill steel together when he hit the rotation lever & the connector on the steel broke and swung around and struck the operator on his left wrist.