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Premier Elkhorn Coal Company, LLC operator

Controlled by James H Booth

MSHA operator ID: P21756

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 227
Mines on record: 18
Years on record: 2000–2019

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 1999

2,775

citations

863

significant & substantial

$725,669

proposed penalties

$639,683

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 18 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 17 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 57 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 57 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 32 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 15 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

December 12, 2009 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Premier Elkhorn Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

On December 12, 2009 at approximately 6:38 am, a pre-dawn, low temperature accident occurred on a haulage road at PE Southern Pike Co. The driver of DT 178 exited the loaded coal truck, resulting in his death.

June 3, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY

Premier Elkhorn Coal Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A tree split & fell onto the victim, pinning him between two trees.