Mining Incidents

Sapphire Coal Company operator

Controlled by Metinvest B V
MSHA operator ID: 0055501

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
204
Mines on record
8
Years on record
2004–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
4,201
citations
1,104
significant & substantial
$2,854,357
proposed penalties
$2,263,214
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2012
5
2011
15
2010
31
2009
26 (1f)
2008
41
2007
33
2006
33
2005
18
2004
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
December 16, 2009 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sapphire Coal Company · Struck by falling object

Employee was operating a remote control continuous miner. He was struck by a rock. He did not survive the injuries.