Mining Incidents

#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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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2004–2005
Latest incident
Aug 2005
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.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 1 incident

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.

2004 · 1 incident

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.