Sturgeon #3 Coal

Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Robert L Rosencrans

Island City, Owsley County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1516041

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Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$9,149

proposed penalties

$4,076

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
2007 Q3	0	0	0
2007 Q2	1,343	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	804	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	2,399	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	2,632	10	2	3799.4
2006 Q2	1,786	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	1,683	25	6	14854.4
2005 Q4	2,771	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.

2 on file

June 30, 2005 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was changing cylinder hose on D8 dozer. Wrench broke, causing him to fall off dozer.

October 31, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS PUSHING OUT ROCK. ROCKS HAD FALLEN BACK IN PATH. EE BACKED UP TOO FAST IN 2ND GEAR. HIT ROCK AND BOUNCED BACK.