Mining Incidents

Sugarloaf Coal

Gemco Energies, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Jimmy W Tackett
Prestonsburg, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516650

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Sep 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
21
citations
7
significant & substantial
$1,925
proposed penalties
$592
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
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 6,789 10 3 1473.0
2002 Q3 4,907 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,768 7 2 2528.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

September 9, 2002 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Gemco Energies, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STRAIGHTENING ROOF BOLT AND HE STRAINED HIS NECK.