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Bell County Coal Corporation operator

Controlled by James River Coal Company

MSHA operator ID: P19841

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Fatalities: 3
Total incidents: 250
Mines on record: 8
Years on record: 2000–2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

3,281

citations

1,418

significant & substantial

$1,686,900

proposed penalties

$994,414

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 20 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 98 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 39 non-fatal
MACHINERY 33 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 18 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 15 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded

August 19, 2005 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Bell County Coal Corporation · Struck by powered moving object

Truck rolled into pump house where employees were eating lunch. Employee was fatally injured.

August 19, 2005 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Bell County Coal Corporation · Struck by powered moving object

As employee was eating lunch in the pump house, a truck hit pump house causing fatal injuries.

June 16, 2004 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Bell County Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

A FATAL FALL OF ROOF ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE 003 WORKING SECTION. THE VICTIM WAS WORKING WITH THE SECTION CREW AND HAD BEEN INSTALLING TIMBERS DURING RETREAT MINING. THE CREW HAD TEMPORARILY HALTED PRODUCTION TO OBSERVE THE MINE ROOF, WHEN WITH LITTLE WARNING THE MINE ROOF BEGAN TO COLLAPSE. THE 5 MINERS RAN TO ESCAPE THE ROOF FALL. FOUR OF THE MINERS ESCAPED.