Mining Incidents

#12 Coal

Viper Coal LLC · Underground
Controlled by Bee Handshoe
Eastern, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515735

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Oct 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
52
citations
21
significant & substantial
$9,175
proposed penalties
$9,048
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 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 1,137 1 0 879.5
2008 Q4 18,499 20 10 1081.1
2008 Q3 15,806 17 7 1075.5
2008 Q2 9,534 13 3 1363.5
2008 Q1 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

2 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

October 8, 2008 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
B & K Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

Took hose off scoop jack and scoop fell on right foot. No lost time. Placed in cast on 10-30-08.

July 16, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
B & K Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Emptying dust box and drill cable caught left foot, twisting left knee (drill being operated by a co-worker).