Mining Incidents

Huff Preparation Plant Coal

Kimper, Pike County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1507907

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002–2012
Latest incident
Aug 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
130
citations
39
significant & substantial
$18,724
proposed penalties
$17,089
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 5,585 3 1 537.2
2025 Q3 6,044 7 1 1158.2
2025 Q2 6,602 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,914 13 2 2198.2
2024 Q4 6,514 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,910 1 0 144.7
2024 Q2 6,575 2 0 304.2
2024 Q1 6,520 2 1 306.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

August 2, 2012 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Berkeley Energy Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE was sandblasting and pulling the air hose when something got caught on the ground pulling EE backwards, EE then felt something pop in his lower/mid back. EE did not tell anyone that he had hurt his self until a day later. EE was taken to see the doctor and placed on light duty on 8-7-12.

2002 · 1 incident

July 15, 2002 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Berkeley Energy Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON DUMP TRUCK AND HAND WERE WET AND PRY BAR SLIPPED THIS CAUSING AND OF BAR TO COME BACK AND CUT CHIN.