Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

A & M Coal Company Inc · Underground
Mary Alice, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516208

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Dec 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
119
citations
54
significant & substantial
$13,254
proposed penalties
$13,254
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
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 1,228 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 690 4 1 5797.1
2001 Q3 2,950 20 12 6779.7
2001 Q2 17,240 23 11 1334.1
2001 Q1 17,786 13 6 730.9
2000 Q4 18,182 16 5 880.0
2000 Q3 21,562 10 5 463.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2001 · 6 incidents

December 19, 2001 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
A & M Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON EE'S BACK WHILE HE WAS BOLTING THE ROOF.

October 9, 2001 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
A & M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN COAL RIB AND HIS MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER.

August 23, 2001 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A & M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A ROCK OUT OF HIS BRIDGE CONVEYOR AND STRAINED HIS LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

May 22, 2001 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
A & M Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER WAS BUMPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE A WHIP-LASH TO THE NECK.

May 22, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A & M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON CABLE AND CAUSED A PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 18, 2000 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
A & M Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

THE EE REACH INSIDE OPERATORS DECK OF SCOOP TO TRAM IT FOREWARD. THE SCOOP WAS IN REVERSE AND CAUGHT HIM BETWEEN SCOOP AND A TIMBER.

May 15, 2000 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
A & M Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING HIS HEAD TO HIT AGAINST THE SCOOP HE WAS OPERATING.