Mining Incidents

Redhawk #4 Mine Coal

Redhawk Mining LLC · Underground
Printer, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519633

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2013–2015
Latest incident
Jul 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
235
citations
47
significant & substantial
$54,524
proposed penalties
$48,526
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
2016 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 12,869 18 2 1398.7
2015 Q2 16,360 9 0 550.1
2014 Q4 960 28 5 29166.7
2014 Q3 21,087 20 5 948.5
2014 Q2 960 13 0 13541.7
2014 Q1 22,057 12 5 544.0
2013 Q4 960 16 2 16666.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2015 · 1 incident

July 23, 2015 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was starting to drill into the mine roof when the spinning drill steel dislodged a piece of rock that struck the employee in the left forearm causing cuts and abrasions and struck the employee in the right ankle causing bruising

2014 · 2 incidents

October 25, 2014 KY · Coal electrician, lineman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was changing reel chain on shuttle car, when a piece of the coal rib fell and struck the employee in the upper back and neck area employee was complaining with back pain he was transported to ST. JOSEPH MARTIN HOSPITAL he received Cat scan which was negative and was transported to PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER and received more CAT scans also negative, was released same date.

April 27, 2014 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding a roof bolt that was being used to drive the pins out of the cat pads on the joy continuous miner when a co-worker who was using a six pound sledge hammer to strike the roof bolt with missed the roof bolt and struck the employees right wrist causing fractures to the wrist and hand

2013 · 2 incidents

September 3, 2013 KY · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee noticed a leak on a water line and stopped to fix it. Employee tapped on the line and a plastic cap on fire valve came loose striking him in the face.

January 9, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Victim was moving roof bolter while seated inside the operators compartment and bumped the mine rib dislodging coal which fell on his left arm resulting in bruising. He was treated at a local hospital but didn't return to work until 1-14-13.