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Carbon River Coal operator

Controlled by Ricky D Kirk; Jerry Wells Jr

MSHA operator ID: P21938

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 8
Mines on record: 5
Years on record: 2000–2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

299

citations

138

significant & substantial

$50,318

proposed penalties

$34,156

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025

2024

2006

2003

2001

3 (1f)

2000

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

December 17, 2001 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · MACHINERY

Carbon River Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS OPERATING A CAT D60 DOZER AND WAS MAKING A PAD TO PLACE A 6" GORMAN-RUPP WATER PUMP ON. DOZER TILTED OVER, WORKER WAS PINNED UNDER DOZER. HE RECEIVED MASSIVE INJURIES FROM WEIGHT OF DOZER.