Mining Incidents

#1 PLANT Coal

N F C MINING, INC. · Facility
Controlled by Clark D Pergrem
Prestonsburg, Floyd County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1510271

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2000–2022
Latest incident
Sep 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
956
citations
446
significant & substantial
$303,351
proposed penalties
$280,272
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 2,261 2 0 884.6
2025 Q3 3,762 7 2 1860.7
2025 Q2 4,293 4 1 931.7
2025 Q1 4,445 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,088 10 3 1965.4
2024 Q3 7,572 9 2 1188.6
2024 Q2 5,175 8 2 1545.9
2024 Q1 6,284 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2022 · 2 incidents

September 22, 2022 KY · Coal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
N F C Mining, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee climbed belt structure with no ladder to put a grease fitting in tail roller bearing resulting in slip off structure landing on EE's knee. Safety equipment to do these jobs are in areas around job and are labeled for employees.

February 7, 2022 KY · Coal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
N F C Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

On the date of 2/7/2022 at 1:30 PM, EE came to me with an injury to EE's finger. EE said that EE was trying to turn a pump pulley which resulted in EE's finger being rolled up in the drive belt. Pump was de-energized and guard was removed to repair. Report was made at the time of incident and EE was driven to medical center where EE was treated for injury.

2018 · 1 incident

October 8, 2018 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
N F C Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Repairing tailgate latch on RD800 Mack truck, accident happened when removing the cribbing that was installed to provide safety while repairs were made. The operator and help pulled back to remove crib, operator failed to move hand and was pulled into latch and crushed fingers.

2013 · 2 incidents

December 27, 2013 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
N F C Mining, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Traveling uphill and truck lost control and overturned on hill.

December 26, 2013 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N F C Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Prying a rock out the feeder with a metal bar and strained back.

2012 · 2 incidents

December 11, 2012 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N F C Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Loading rail car and removing a hook from car. Hook fell on his hand.

November 19, 2012 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STRIKING OR BUMPING
N F C Mining, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Walking & struck top of head on a low beam.

2009 · 1 incident

January 7, 2009 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
N F C Mining, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

A catwalk had been damaged by coal truck and was barricaded off with metal straps on both ends to prevent entrances on either end. He went over straps, grabbed handrail, it broke and he fell backwards and hit his head on main belt structure.

2006 · 4 incidents

August 30, 2006 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
N F C Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Three employees were pulling off pulley sheave on crusher. They used pusher bolts but it wouldn't come off. Got wheel puller & two employees tightened wheel puller while the other employee applied heat with a torch. Never showed any signs of movement - just jumped off all at once and edge caught one employee in the forehead at the hairline.

July 14, 2006 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
N F C Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Torque arm on speed reducer in tunnel came loose. EE turned it off to work on it, but didn't lock it out. Another EE turned it back on.

March 23, 2006 KY · Coal coal sampler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N F C Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING @ LOADOUT USING A PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BELT ON CRUSHER. WRENCH SLIPPED PINCHING HIS PINKY FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH & A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.

February 22, 2006 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
N F C Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working in preparation plant. A chain was wrapped around a beam overhead. Employee pulled chain and it struck him on right cheekbone.

2004 · 1 incident

June 26, 2004 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
N F C Mining, Inc. · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED FUELING AND GREASING DOZER. HE WAS COMING BACK DOWN OFF TRACKS AND SLIPPED AND FELL OFF DOZER.

2000 · 3 incidents

July 3, 2000 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N F C Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING A TAIL ROLLER WITH CHAIN ATTACHED TO A RED DEVIL. CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK LEFT HAND - INJURING LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER.

May 17, 2000 KY · Coal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
N F C Mining, Inc. · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ON FINES BELT INSTALLING GREASE HOSES ON BEARING; THE BELT WAS TURNED ON BY MIS-TAKE AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY 15-20' TO THE GROUND.

May 8, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
N F C Mining, Inc. · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO CHECK SCREENS ON VIBRATOR WHEN HE FELL - APPROX 6'.