Mining Incidents

Pegs Branch Coal

DALCO CORPORATION · Surface
Controlled by Stephen F Carey
Belfry, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519711

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2014–2017
Latest incident
Nov 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
28
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,597
proposed penalties
$3,597
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
2017 Q4 8,065 2 0 248.0
2017 Q3 7,794 7 1 898.1
2017 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,525 1 0 655.7
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q4 240 3 0 12500.0
2015 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 192 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

2017 · 3 incidents

November 21, 2017 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
DALCO CORPORATION · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee installing starter in drill, which was on the side of the road. EE couldn't get access to crane and had to lift and install starter by hand. EE pulled a muscle in lower left back area.

August 17, 2017 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
DALCO CORPORATION · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

miner was attempting to insert a steel pin in the shank of the auger steel, when the carriage moved just slightly, catching employee's right thumb, resulting in the miner having surgery to put metal pins in employee's thumb, and employee returned from the hospital on the same. day.

August 8, 2017 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY
DALCO CORPORATION · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Auger operator was handling auger steel and the middle finger of EE's left hand was caught between two pieces of steel, resulting in the miner losing one inch off the end of middle finger.

2014 · 1 incident

June 11, 2014 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Reclamation and Construction LLC · Struck against a moving object

On 6/12/14 employee called in & said his back was hurting & couldn't work. He thought it was a pre existing injury of his sciatic nerve from 2008, he called back on 6/23/14 & said he wanted an accident report filled out due to jarring in a rock truck. He was off several days before reporting that he was injured at work.