Mining Incidents

Blue Diamond Coal Co operator

Controlled by James River Coal Company
MSHA operator ID: P24585

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
620
Mines on record
10
Years on record
2000–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11,358
citations
3,709
significant & substantial
$10,377,335
proposed penalties
$6,899,597
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
36
2013
26
2012
30
2011
18
2010
17
2009
16
2008
36
2007
31
2006
51
2005
59
2004
23
2003
30
2002
45
2001
103 (1f)
2000
99 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
July 20, 2001 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

EE WAS FATALLY ELECTROCRATED AS HE DISASSEMBLED A CONVEYOR BELT STARTING BOX SOURCE OF POWER CAUSING DEATH IN UNKNOWN AT THAT TIME.

January 21, 2000 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BY THE AUGER OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES.