Mine #9 Coal

Sister Bear Mining Inc · Underground

Controlled by Stanley W Osborne

Virgie, Pike County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1516183

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Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$2,972

proposed penalties

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
2001 Q4	9,410	17	5	1806.6
2001 Q3	9,065	16	5	1765.0
2001 Q2	1,918	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.

4 on file

October 5, 2001 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Sister Bear Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT EE INT HE HEAD AN DNECK.

September 28, 2001 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Sister Bear Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BELT LINE (PULLING) AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK TO HIS FOOT.

July 30, 2001 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY

Sister Bear Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS RUNNING A GALLIS SINGLE HEAD ROOF BOLTER, DRILLING A BOOM HOLE. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS, STRIKING THE EE.

July 30, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Sister Bear Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE PUT HAND BETWEEN BELT AND CAUGHT HIS ARM AND IT ROLLED HIS ARM AROUND A ROLLER.