Mining Incidents

7 Coal

Black Pearl Mining, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Ricky T Lucas
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519775

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2016–2017
Latest incident
Mar 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
185
citations
42
significant & substantial
$23,101
proposed penalties
$6,120
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 11,004 14 3 1272.3
2017 Q3 6,858 1 0 145.8
2017 Q1 346 57 21 164739.9
2016 Q4 2,986 27 4 9042.2
2015 Q4 1,312 6 0 4573.2
2015 Q3 3,521 1 1 284.0
2015 Q2 2,935 2 1 681.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

March 21, 2017 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
HAMILTON MINING LLC · Struck against stationary object

Subject was sitting down in forklift seat when EE struck sacral and coccyx area on seat belt holder.

2016 · 1 incident

March 23, 2016 KY · Coal INUNDATION
Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

During normal mining, the continuous miner cut into an existing auger hole. There was no flooding of water or gas, therefore no persons were affected by the occurrence, other than the cessation of production, until the hole was sealed off from the mine. The mine resumed production on 5/02/2016.