Mining Incidents

#1 Strip Coal

Controlled by James Larry Jamieson
McWhorter, Laurel County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510042

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2004–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
44
citations
30
significant & substantial
$25,430
proposed penalties
$25,377
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
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 3,795 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 10,217 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,809 4 3 454.1
2007 Q2 12,826 5 5 389.8
2007 Q1 12,299 13 10 1057.0
2006 Q4 12,328 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 14,982 6 5 400.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2007 · 1 incident

August 6, 2007 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jamieson Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was changing a motor in an auger that required heavy lifting and tugging. The next day a knot appeared on the left side of the employee's back along with a lot of pain and discomfort.

2006 · 4 incidents

May 4, 2006 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Jamieson Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee was ripping rock with a dozer which causes him to look over his shoulder while performing his job. The dozer lunged forward then hung up causing a jerking movement while the dozer is constantly vibrating. The employee is complaining of numbness and pain to both hips and lower back.

April 5, 2006 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jamieson Construction Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee removed exhaust hose from water pump prior to moving pump. When exhaust hose was removed, the hot water from the reservoir covered employee's legs and left arm.

March 2, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jamieson Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee was repairing a D9L when his hand slipped breaking his ring finger on his left hand

January 25, 2006 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jamieson Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was moving water pumps and attempted to move a pump that was frozen to the ground and felt a pull in his left shoulder.

2005 · 3 incidents

April 1, 2005 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY
Jamieson Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While starting auger, employee was pinned between control panel and carriage.

March 17, 2005 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jamieson Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

Ee was operating the 980 ft loader and the bucket slipped off rock and jerked his neck.

2004 · 1 incident

May 14, 2004 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Jamieson Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRADING SOIL TO PREPARE IT FOR SEEDING WHEN GRADER BEGAN TO JUMP. EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF GRADER BEFORE IT TURNED OVER; INJURING HIS RT. ANKLE.