Mining Incidents

Mine No. 7 Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Elk Valley, Campbell County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003204

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2003–2011
Latest incident
Sep 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
302
citations
166
significant & substantial
$141,869
proposed penalties
$126,901
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
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q1 315 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 3 0
2012 Q2 3,741 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,643 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 16,049 3 1 186.9
2011 Q2 5,855 5 1 854.0
2010 Q1 30,903 20 9 647.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

September 17, 2011 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Premium Coal Company. Inc. · Struck by flying object

While removing a track link from a D8R, employee hit the old link with a hammer. A sliver of metal came off the link and penetrated his right arm.

August 29, 2011 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premium Coal Company. Inc. · Fall from machine

The employee alleges he was thrown/knocked from the tracks of the dozer, while he was relieving himself, when a 777 truck bed came into contact with the dozer blade at the dump site. The company has reason to believe that this was a staged accident and will contact the workers comp claim.

2010 · 2 incidents

November 10, 2010 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
National Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

Injured was in 777C Truck getting loaded with 992D 101 Loader when rock came out of bucket and jarred truck and driver. Truck driver was complaining with neck and head hurting and hands going numb at 7:30 pm.

January 8, 2010 TN · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
National Coal Corporation · Fall onto or against objects

Injured person was pulling on a sheet of plastic to cover hay stack, when tension released on plastic, causing injured to fall striking elbow on metal culvert band. No lacerations reported only bruising. Entire body struck ground.

2009 · 6 incidents

August 31, 2009 TN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
National Coal Corporation · Struck by flying object

Working on crusher. Striking gear with hammer caused small particle to fly into eye.

August 6, 2009 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal Corporation · Struck against stationary object

Injured was sliding 1 1/2" pipe inside a 4" dewatering pipe. Hand struck 4" pipe and caused injury.

May 28, 2009 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
National Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

Injured person was reclaiming slope of overburden, when track came in contact with rock, causing a jar in cab. Rib area started hurting.

May 19, 2009 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
National Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

Due to wet road condition haul back slipped off edge of road into ditch. Right front tire dropped into sump and bounced out cause truck to veer into path of another haul truck. Oncoming truck was able to step before collision.

May 14, 2009 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
National Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

Operator ran over large rock in Caterpillar D10N. His right arm went numb from the neck to the fingers.

2007 · 3 incidents

August 21, 2007 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
National Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

Truck (777 Cat.) ran out of road and turned over two times. Was wearing seat belt.

February 14, 2007 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
National Coal Corporation · Fall from machine

EE was scraping ice from windshield, EE slipped on catwalk and fell to the ground from the cat walk, on the 777 Cat Dump Truck.

January 30, 2007 TN · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dropping hitch on a light plant; hitch stand was frozen and came loose striking employee chin requiring stitches.

2004 · 2 incidents

October 2, 2004 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Robert Clear Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

LOADER LOADED ROCK INTO DUMP TRUCK. (EE WAS SITTING IN DUMP TRUCK - JARRING CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.)

2003 · 1 incident