Mining Incidents

Lewis Creek Underground Mine Coal

Controlled by Armstrong Energy Inc
Centertown, Ohio County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519669

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
23
Years on record
2012–2014
Latest incident
Sep 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
526
citations
76
significant & substantial
$353,660
proposed penalties
$273,305
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 Q2 1,601 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 30,008 18 1 599.8
2014 Q4 2,678 16 4 5974.6
2014 Q3 3,053 53 10 17360.0
2014 Q2 626 91 20 145367.4
2014 Q1 80,519 126 9 1564.8
2013 Q4 4,314 92 6 21325.9
2013 Q3 532 51 9 95864.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

23 on file

2014 · 12 incidents

September 11, 2014 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE states: working on feeder, pulling on hydraulic hose and pulled lower back.

July 22, 2014 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

While reaching for a bolt a small piece of rock fell and cut left middle finger putting five stitches in it.

July 15, 2014 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Loading supplies on roof bolter and went to put a box of glue on bolter and felt a sharp pain in his lower back. Finished his shift and went to doctor the next day. Doctor said he had a Lumbar strain. They give him light duty until he followed up with an ORTHOPEDIC surgeon.

June 28, 2014 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

installing cutter boom pin with sledge hammer and shard of metal came off pin and stuck in the right cheek

March 28, 2014 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was bending a roof bolt and felt pain in his right shoulder causing a strain/sprain to the shoulder.

March 19, 2014 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was loading some supplies underground and a small piece of draw rock fell and hit his left cheek causing a cut to the cheek. After work he went to the hospital, and got it cleaned out, they put 3 stitches in.

March 13, 2014 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Roof Fall in the Third West Submain, in the last open cross-cut in # 8 entry on the #2 unit. The roof fall was about 18 feet wide and about 18 feet long and 7-8 foot high.

March 12, 2014 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was bolting in # 3 entry, went to drill his outside hole when a piece of draw rock fell and hit his right knee, resulting in a contusion on his right knee, doctor give him 2 days light duty.

February 21, 2014 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was working on the miner with the mechanics and picked up a flex side for the miner off of the Diesel ride, he then walked about 8ft and put in the ram car bed and then got in the car and took it to the miner. He then felt pain in his lower back on the right side. It was about an hour after picking the flex side up that he felt the pain.

February 7, 2014 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE was tighten a ram car wheel with a 3/4 ratchet and socket and it slipped loose, slipped and hit his head on the edge of the ram car. He had to have stitches in his forehead above his right eye brow.

January 29, 2014 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Fall from ladders

EE was working on putting in a head drive. He was on a ladder, went to climb down when he got to second step his foot slipped and he fell and strained his left knee.

January 2, 2014 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a piece of plastic conduit with a belt knife and slipped and cut right leg. He went to hospital and had to have seven stitches put in his leg. No lost time on this accident.

2013 · 10 incidents

November 25, 2013 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was working on miner panel, Panel slipped and fell and caught right index finger between panel and right knee causing him to cut right index finger. Had to have stitches in his finger.

September 6, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was unloading roof bolt supplies from a scoop bucket when a small piece of rock fell from the mine roof striking his right hand.

August 21, 2013 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was tramming a Ram Car back to the Continuous Miner. The Continuous Miner has just moved to a new location between crosscuts #7 and #8 entry when the Ram Car struck the tail of the miner causing his head to strike the canopy of the Ram Car.

August 12, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was roof bolting in the face area of 9 entry. As he was removing his drill steels from the roof bolt hole a piece of rock fell from the mine roof striking his hard hat causing the hard hat to cut the back of his head. He received three (3) small staples to the head. This did not become a Lost Time Accident until August 15, 2013.

August 2, 2013 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that he was cutting a high voltage guard, he said it was laying on his leg and the knife cut through the guard, cutting his leg

July 22, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

The employee had finished installing a row of bolts. He then got up to go back and make up some more pins, he fell on slick rock and twisted his knee.

June 13, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STRIKING OR BUMPING
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Damaged pie pan, Employee did not notice and it was hanging down. The employee ran into it and cut above the left eye brow

May 15, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee moving roof bolter from #1 entry to #2 entry after traveling over high spot on mine floor, struck his head on canopy causing pain to neck area.

May 10, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was tramming a roof bolter around the corner of a coal pillar into the #9 entry. As he was turning the bolter he had his left hand on the hand hold which is located underneath the canopy. The canopy cut into the corner of the coal rib causing the coal rib to strike his left hand severing his pinky finger.

April 8, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was roof bolting in the face area in #7 entry on the #1 unit when the suction stopped up on his side of the roof bolter. As he was cleaning it out using a small metal rod he accident struck the rotation lever causing the rod to strike his head resulting in a laceration. He received 12 small staples to the affected area of his head.

2012 · 1 incident

November 25, 2012 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

There was an unplanned roof fall in the intersection of spad no. 2+40 in the no. 4 Entry of the North Mains. The fall blocked the primary escape way and it measured approximately 19'in length, 19' in width and 10'high.