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Knott County Mining Company operator

Controlled by Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated

MSHA operator ID: P24190

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 64
Mines on record: 7
Years on record: 2000–2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

632

citations

194

significant & substantial

$83,599

proposed penalties

$75,599

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 15 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 18 non-fatal
MACHINERY 13 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
NO VALUE FOUND 4 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2004

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2002

15 (1f)

2001

2000

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

February 18, 2002 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Knott County Mining Company · Struck by falling object

THE EE WAS OPERATING A SINGLE BOOM ROOF BOLTER IN THE #6 ENTRY. IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A HOLE FOR BOLT INSTALATION THE EE WAS STRICKEN WITH A PIECE OF FALLEN ROOF APPROX. 20'X 21'X 14 FT. IN SIZE. THIS RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE EMPLOYEE.