Mining Incidents

Le-Ib Mine Coal

Blair Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Ricky Blair
Dorton, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516986

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Sep 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
102
citations
43
significant & substantial
$11,268
proposed penalties
$5,778
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
2005 Q4 3,089 2 0 647.5
2005 Q3 6,156 5 4 812.2
2005 Q2 5,437 8 4 1471.4
2005 Q1 5,399 6 2 1111.3
2004 Q4 6,922 5 2 722.3
2004 Q3 6,022 4 3 664.2
2004 Q2 6,268 6 1 957.2
2004 Q1 6,199 9 3 1451.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

September 20, 2005 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Blair Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Roof fall as roof bolter operator was bolting top.

September 19, 2005 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Blair Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

Miner operator bounced up and hit top #4 heading; hit his head and said his back was hurt.

2004 · 2 incidents

March 8, 2004 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Blair Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE RETURN AIR COURSE. ONE ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #8 OF #2 MAINS. FALL APPROX. 60" THICK BY 25' BY 25' WIDE.

February 6, 2004 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Blair Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILL STEEL WAS HUNG IN MINE TOP, EE WAS TRYING TO GET THE STEEL OUT AND CAUGHT 2 FINGERS BETWEEN STEEL AND DRILL HEAD. INJURED 2 FINGERS (RING AND POINT) ON RIGHT HAND.

2003 · 3 incidents

December 24, 2003 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blair Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING BESIDE ROOF BOLTER AND THE BOLTER SLID AND HIT LEFT FOOT.

November 17, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Blair Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE INTAKE AIR COURSE. ONE ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #5 ENTRY OF #1 MAINS. FALL APPROX. 65'-70'LONG, 25'WIDE, 42'-46'THICK. THE TIME OF FALL COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

August 11, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Blair Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE RETURN AIR COURSE. TWO ROOF FALLS OCCURRED IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT OF THE 3 RIGHT PANEL OF 2 RIGHT MAIN HEADINGS, MEASURING 20 F EET WIDE, 20 FEET LONG AND 42" HIGH IN THE NUMBERS 2 AND 3 INTERSECTIONS. TIME THAT THE ROOF FALLS OCCURRED COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

2002 · 5 incidents

July 30, 2002 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blair Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MAKING BELT SPLICE WITH BELT MONKEY WHEN SLATE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING AND BRUISING LEFT SHOULDER.

May 15, 2002 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Blair Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE INFORMED OPERATOR THAT HIS WRISTS WERE BOTHERING HIM.

April 30, 2002 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blair Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING WATER LINE & SLIPPED POSSIBLY DISLOCATING LEFT HIP.

April 27, 2002 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blair Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BUILDING STOPPING WHEN HE MASHED FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

January 1, 2002 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blair Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SUPPLIES ONTO ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND STRAINED BACK.

2001 · 1 incident

April 11, 2001 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Blair Coal Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING AT POWER CENTER AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT.