Mining Incidents

S-16 Gobblers Knob Coal

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 file

2015 · 3 incidents

July 9, 2015 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Revelation Energy, LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

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.

March 11, 2015 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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Miner head was retracted due to damaged coupling, employee has slipped while near head, and sharp cutter bit pierced his right leg.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.