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Star Fire Mining operator

Controlled by Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated

MSHA operator ID: P24407

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 35
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 2000–2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

273

citations

131

significant & substantial

$131,771

proposed penalties

$99,175

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 4 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 13 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 10 non-fatal
NO VALUE FOUND 3 non-fatal
FIRE 1 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2003

10 (1f)

2002

2001

2000

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

March 17, 2003 KY · Coal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Star Fire Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADED COAL TRUCK WAS LEAVING PIT. FOR SOME REASON STEEP HAULWAY ROAD TRUCK ROLLED BACK. APPARENTLY DRIVER TRIED TO JUMP OUT. HE WAS CAUGHT BY TRUCK AND KILLED.