Mining Incidents

#5A Coal

North Star Mining Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Carl Kirk
Dana, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513061

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Mar 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
328
citations
119
significant & substantial
$245,231
proposed penalties
$7,942
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
2009 Q2 757 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 16,920 37 10 2186.8
2008 Q4 19,602 92 32 4693.4
2008 Q3 16,832 7 3 415.9
2008 Q2 12,913 21 10 1626.3
2008 Q1 12,988 48 18 3695.7
2007 Q4 20,749 44 13 2120.6
2007 Q3 18,614 45 18 2417.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

March 10, 2008 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
North Star Mining Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

The fall is located 20' inby survey station #218 in the #3 entry 4 crosscuts outby the section loading point of the 001 MMU. The fall is approx 120' wide X 20' wide X 4'-5' in thickness.