Employee was out on the boom of the loader cleaning the windshield. He fell when he was crossing back over the handrail onto the catwalk. He fell from the catwalk to the ground.
S-16 Gobblers Knob Coal
Revelation Energy, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Jeffery A Hoops
Noble / Clayhole,
Breathitt County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519741
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2014–2015
- Latest incident
- Jul 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
42
citations
16
significant & substantial
$41,881
proposed penalties
$29,906
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 | 3,725 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 4,671 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 23,728 | 7 | 4 | 295.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 23,784 | 15 | 7 | 630.7 |
| 2014 Q4 | 14,583 | 9 | 0 | 617.2 |
| 2014 Q3 | 11,494 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
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 file2015 · 3 incidents
Revelation Energy, LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Revelation Energy, LLC · Fall onto or against objects
Miner head was retracted due to damaged coupling, employee has slipped while near head, and sharp cutter bit pierced his right leg.
February 17, 2015
KY · Coal
greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Revelation Energy, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
While checking fuel levels in grease truck, he slipped and caught himself with his arms on handrail, pulling back muscle in process.
2014 · 1 incident
August 14, 2014
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Revelation Energy, LLC · Struck against a moving object
While digging solid rock with bucket, the back of loader was raised up, during that time bucket slipped, dropping cab back down suddenly, jarring operator.