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#2 Coal

Black Star Energy, Inc · Surface

Controlled by Clyde D Fields

Banner, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1517228

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2002–2005
Latest incident: Aug 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

282

citations

123

significant & substantial

$45,386

proposed penalties

$3,386

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
2006 Q3	0	0	0
2006 Q2	0	0	0
2006 Q1	2,563	2	0	780.3
2005 Q4	5,623	27	17	4801.7
2005 Q3	6,412	15	6	2339.4
2005 Q2	7,391	8	5	1082.4
2005 Q1	7,937	22	11	2771.8
2004 Q4	7,373	16	7	2170.1

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

August 18, 2005 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

MRI Mining Incorporated · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CLEANING UP (SHOVELING) AT #4 BELT HEAD. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIS BACK (18" X 24" X 2 1/2" THICK). (LOW COAL; EE MAY HAVE KNOCKED ROCK LOOSE WITH SHOVEL OR HIS BACK. BRUISED, POSSIBLY FRACTURED/CRACKED TAILBONE.)

June 20, 2005 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE

MRI Mining Incorporated · Struck against stationary object

Employee was operating scoop, got too close to rib, caught his ear on rib.

2004 · 1 incident

January 14, 2004 KY · Coal NO VALUE FOUND

MRI Mining Incorporated · No Value Found

EE WAS STARTING TO CUT 2ND CUT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME OUT BETWEEN BOLTS.

2002 · 1 incident

April 8, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE

N D O Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

COMING OUTSIDE ON SCOOP TO CHANGE BATTERY.