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No. 1 Coal

Oak Ridge Energy Inc. · Underground

Controlled by Charles E Walker

Burning Fork Road, Meta, KY, Pike County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1516211

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 2002–2004
Latest incident: Nov 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

254

citations

118

significant & substantial

$33,579

proposed penalties

$227

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
2010 Q1	928	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	2,216	2	1	902.5
2009 Q3	1,440	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	520	35	17	67307.7
2004 Q1	520	26	13	50000.0
2003 Q4	2,110	14	7	6635.1
2003 Q2	9,651	17	8	1761.5
2003 Q1	11,372	20	5	1758.7

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

November 4, 2004 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

E-Z Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was inserting a roof bolt into the mine roof using the roof bolter to push the bolt into the hole. He was using his left hand to guide the bolt into the hole and got his middle finger pinched between the mine roof and the bolting machine.

February 14, 2004 KY · Coal NO VALUE FOUND

E-Z Mining Inc · No Value Found

EMPLOYEE BUMPED ROOF WITH SCOOP, CAUSING A ROCK 1 1/2 X 18 X 24 INCHES TO FALL STRIKING HIS FACE AREA. COAL HEIGHT 28 TO 30 INCHES.

2003 · 2 incidents

February 26, 2003 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE

E-Z Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ON THE OFFSIDE OF THE TAILPIECE WHEN THE SCOOP CAME IN TO DUMP COAL HITTING THE TAILPIECE PUSHING IT OVER ON HIS RIGHT LEG BRUISING THE RIGHT KNEE. HE WAS ASKED IF HE WANTED TO GO TO HO SPITAL BUT HE REFUSED.

February 18, 2003 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) NO VALUE FOUND

E-Z Mining Inc · No Value Found

DRIVING PERSONNEL CAR, RAN INTO A CURTAIN BOARD WITH THE CURTAIN ON IT. THIS IN TURN PUSHED HIS HEAD ONTO HIS NECK AND CRUSHED HIS VERTEBRAE.

2002 · 2 incidents

July 16, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY

E-Z Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS MOVING THE BOLTER MACHINE & THE BOLTER DECK CAUGHT HIS RT KNEE & PINNED IT AGAINST THE RIB. CAUSED A BRUISED INJURY TO RT KNEE.

July 14, 2002 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) ELECTRICAL

E-Z Mining Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE UNPLUGGED THE BATTERIES ON THE PERSONNEL CAR #2 BEFORE TURNING THE CHARGER OFF IN WHICH IT, THE PLUG IN, CAUSED A SPARK. GAS FROM A 6 VOLT BATTERY ARCHED BLOWING DIRT & DEBRIS IN HIS LEFT E YE.