Mining Incidents

#1 Surface Coal

Corbin Mining, LLC · Surface
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517363

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Apr 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
25
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,742
proposed penalties
$1,742
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 Q3 1,344 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,493 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,291 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,845 1 0 351.5
2006 Q3 3,347 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,394 5 1 1473.2
2006 Q1 2,521 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,978 0 0 0.0
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

2003 · 1 incident

April 3, 2003 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Corbin Mining, LLC · Struck against a moving object

PLACING SPOIL AGAINST THE HIGHWALL 2 A-25 TRUCKS & A DOZER. THE DOZER OPERATOR SPOTTED THE FIRST LEADS OF EACH TRUCK THEN STARTED TO WORK THE ROAD. WHEN THE 2ND TRUCK DRIVEN BY INJURED EE RETU RNED WITH HIS 2ND LOAD HE DUMPED OUTWARD TOWARD THE FILL INSTEAD OF AGAINST THE HIGHWALL. THE SPILL BANK GAVE WAY & THE TRUCK OVER TURNED.