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Bledsoe Coal Corporation operator

Controlled by James River Coal Company

MSHA operator ID: P23317

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 691
Mines on record: 16
Years on record: 2000–2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

6,133

citations

2,458

significant & substantial

$4,101,749

proposed penalties

$2,613,231

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 38 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality · 9 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 213 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 197 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 75 non-fatal
MACHINERY 69 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

January 22, 2010 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Bledsoe Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

Injury was cleaning gob in 3 left with continous miner, he started backing out of crosscut when corner of rib rolled off on him receiving a fatal injury to his upper torso. Size of rib striking he was approx. 4'L x 36"W x 16" thick.

June 20, 2003 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

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

EMPLOYEE WAS INADVERTANTLY OVER RAN BY A SCOOP.