Mining Incidents

Redhawk #6 Coal

Redhawk Mining LLC · Underground
McDowell, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519718

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2014–2018
Latest incident
Mar 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
283
citations
49
significant & substantial
$53,556
proposed penalties
$51,195
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
2021 Q4 0 1 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 11,817 11 0 930.9
2018 Q3 27,993 10 2 357.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2018 · 2 incidents

March 26, 2018 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was bolting top and a piece of drill was stuck and then fell from the hole and struck their left hand. Had to have 2 sutures.

March 16, 2018 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee moving a cable and turned around and struck right face/cheek against a loose roof strap and cut right cheek. Sutures were required.

2017 · 5 incidents

December 22, 2017 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider OTHER
Redhawk Mining LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was reaching up for the stop/start switch for the airlock doors on the track and felt a pain in EE's arm. Started missing work on 2/14/2018.

December 19, 2017 KY · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting conveyor belt with a utility knife and slipped and cut their right thigh. 9 sutures were required.

May 18, 2017 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Redhawk Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee bent over to hang a pull rope on the continuous miner and felt a pain in employee's back when employee stood back up. Started missing work 5/19/2017.

April 26, 2017 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was bending a bolt to put in top and accidentally hit rotation while pushing it into the hole. Started missing work on 5/1/2017.

March 8, 2017 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was taking out belt structure and turned around and got a rope hanger caught in left nostril

2016 · 2 incidents

October 10, 2016 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was stacking block for brattice when coal rolled off rib striking employee on right hand and thunb.

January 27, 2016 KY · Coal electrician, lineman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was walking by the section coal feeder when EE stepped on a rock and twisted EE's right knee. Employee finished the shift and went to the Hospital the next morning had x-rays which were negative for any injuries.

2014 · 4 incidents

October 31, 2014 KY · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Redhawk Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dragging timbers up the # 3 beltline when he slipped and twisted his right ankle. He went to Pikeville Medical Center and received x-rays no broken bones and was diagnosed with pulled tendon in his right ankle, is now waiting to receive MRI.

June 11, 2014 KY · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator POWERED HAULAGE
Redhawk Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee had just cleaned the coal feeder with a 488 scoop and he backed into the intersection at the feeder and got off the scoop and stood by the scoop bucket when the shuttle approached the feeder to unload the shuttle car caught the edge of the scoop bucket pushing it onto the scoop operators foot causing a fracture to his left foot.

May 29, 2014 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was walking across the section when he stepped on some gob in the # 6 entry one crosscut inby survey station # 157 and twisted his right knee.

February 24, 2014 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Redhawk Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was changing a shut-off valve on a 4" inch water line, the straws that hold the coupling in place were broke so he used a hammer to bust the coupling which was still under pressure and it came apart striking him in the left side of the face causing cuts which required sutures and bruising and a broken orbital bone above the left eye.