Mining Incidents

Poundmill Mine No 90 Coal

Blue Diamond Coal Company · Underground
Viper, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519598

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2012–2016
Latest incident
Mar 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
423
citations
107
significant & substantial
$179,581
proposed penalties
$146,485
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 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 22,244 17 4 764.3
2013 Q3 20,172 21 3 1041.0
2013 Q2 21,337 10 0 468.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2016 · 1 incident

2015 · 6 incidents

November 16, 2015 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee was operating a roof bolter and bumped his elbow on the ATRS frame and bruised his elbow.

August 4, 2015 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

Found an unintentional roof fall in the # 2 Entry 1 break inby # 6 Belt Drive. Fall dimensions were 20' wide by 40' long by 6' thick.

May 21, 2015 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

Found 2 unintentional roof falls in the 1st and 2nd Maces Bleeder Panels. Both falls were located from the #2 entry through the crosscut to the #4 entry.

February 20, 2015 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Contact with cold

A supervisory employee was working in and around the drift mouth changing out a frozen section of 4" fresh waterline. A small hole in his glove resulted in a "frost bite" injury that required a medical procedure to remove the dead/damaged tissue on March 6, 2015 which then made this a Reportable Injury.

February 3, 2015 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was scattering belt structure and tripped and strained lower back.

2014 · 6 incidents

October 27, 2014 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was shoveling belt and caught his left index finger between the top and the shovel handle and cut his finger. Sutures required.

July 15, 2014 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was helping tighten the low structure when a crib block flew out and struck him on the left shin. Has been diagnosed with a fracture.

July 15, 2014 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting on a belt guard with a utility knife and cut his right thigh. 11 sutures required.

April 3, 2014 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While helping make a belt splice he was moving the knocker his finger was accidentally hit with a hammer by another employee.

2012 · 2 incidents

September 25, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was bolting top and caught his hand between the canopy and drill steel. Fractured a bone in his hand. Started missing work 9-25-2012