Mining Incidents

Corbin Project, LLC Coal

Arq Corbin, LLC · Facility
Controlled by Arq Inc
Knox, Knox County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1502134

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2004–2025
Latest incident
Feb 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
121
citations
31
significant & substantial
$12,427
proposed penalties
$12,260
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 11,688 2 0 171.1
2025 Q3 8,224 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,952 1 0 201.9
2025 Q1 4,480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,408 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,792 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,088 1 0 196.5
2024 Q1 5,120 3 0 585.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2025 · 1 incident

February 7, 2025 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arq Corbin, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured occurred as the employee was using a prybar to move a gearbox and heard a popping noise on EE's right foot.

2024 · 1 incident

December 17, 2024 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Arq Corbin, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to reach a 1/2 ball valve to open it and it was slightly out of reach. EE jumped to get a hold of the handle and when EE landed on EE's foot EE turned EE's left ankle.

2021 · 1 incident

August 4, 2021 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Arq Corbin, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was inside plant working & placed left hand on hanger frame & backguard f/forklift frame caught tip of middle finger pinching it severely. It was a severe break of tip of bone of finger as xray showed. EE had surgery on 8/5/21 and has been released by doctor to return to work on 8/10/21

2020 · 1 incident

July 31, 2020 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arq Corbin, LLC · Struck against stationary object

We had a cut piece of metal to make lifting lug, didn't get sharp edges ground down. Was going to take it loose from pump cover after it was removed and the cover wasn't secured and started falling, and the employee grabbed the metal and stuck sharp point in hand and it jerked EE's hand and cut it.

2004 · 1 incident

December 15, 2004 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C H Development · Fall from machine

CONTRACT TRK DRIVER WAS EXITING VEHICLE WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL TO THE GROUND. DRIVER SUSTAINED A BROKEN ARM. DRIVER IS NOT EMPLOYED BY C.H. DEVELOPMENT.(CONTRACT)