#1 Coal

Bubba Coal Company Inc. · Underground

Controlled by Mike Newsome

Sugarloaf, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1516492

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Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

283

citations

149

significant & substantial

$53,359

proposed penalties

$21,296

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 Q2	0	0	0
2007 Q1	5,475	1	1	182.6
2006 Q4	8,883	22	17	2476.6
2006 Q3	9,347	12	5	1283.8
2006 Q2	8,507	27	8	3173.9
2006 Q1	8,860	20	12	2257.3
2005 Q4	7,711	12	6	1556.2
2005 Q3	8,320	6	2	721.2

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

2 on file

August 1, 2005 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE

Bubba Coal Company Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was watching tailpiece when a piece of rock came down the belt on the tailpiece and struck his left knee.

July 10, 2004 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Cohiba Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HAMMERING A BEARING ONTO A BELT DRIVE UNIT, THE INJURED EMPLOYEE HIT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH THE HAMMER.