Mining Incidents

No. 9 Mine Coal

Harlan, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519568

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
May 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
88
citations
10
significant & substantial
$21,510
proposed penalties
$12,129
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
2016 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 1,887 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,158 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,000 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 6,564 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,204 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

4 on file

2013 · 4 incidents

May 7, 2013 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Liggett Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was in the conveyor of the shuttle car, cleaning some loose coal from the side of the operators compartment, and when he stepped out onto the bottom, he twisted his left ankle. (Fracture)

March 20, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Liggett Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was located at the off-side rear of the Fletcher roof bolting machine, and a roof bolt and plate had fallen off the machine. The employee bent down to pick it up and the operator began tramming the machine at this time and backed the machine up onto the employee's right foot.

March 19, 2013 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Liggett Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

The employee was removing a brattice, in a worked out area of the mine, to create a common travel way. While loading the excess brattice block into the scoop bucket, the employee stumbled and fell, striking his left little finger on a rock lying on the bottom, causing a laceration.

January 8, 2013 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Liggett Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was standing in the left crosscut of the #4 entry, on the 001 section. The continuous miner set in to shear the inby left corner of the crosscut, and a rock flew from the ripper head, striking the employee on the right knee.