Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

LA Energy, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Vhonda Dotson
Endicott, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517390

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Jul 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
500
citations
229
significant & substantial
$127,806
proposed penalties
$2,156
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 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 2 1
2005 Q3 0 2 0
2005 Q2 1,424 26 14 18258.4
2005 Q1 4,537 27 15 5951.1
2004 Q4 12,042 12 9 996.5
2004 Q3 9,297 14 8 1505.9
2004 Q2 11,852 23 12 1940.6
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

July 23, 2005 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
LA Energy, LLC · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS LOADING HIGHLINE CABLE INTO SCOOP BUCKET AND PUT HIS FOOT UNDER THE SCOOP BUCKET. THE SCOOP OPERATOR LET THE BUCKET DOWN ON EE'S FOOT AND BROKE THE 3 MIDDLE TOES ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

March 24, 2005 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sly Branch Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CAME OUTSIDE AT END OF SHIFT ON 3/23/05 COMPLAINING KNEE WAS HURTING. WE TOLD EE WORKERS COMP WOULD NOT COVER SORE KNEES. EE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 3/24/05, WORKED ABOUT 3 HRS AND SAID EE HURT BACK SHOVELING AROUND A BELT DRIVE

2004 · 1 incident

July 14, 2004 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Sly Branch Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GRABBED A ROCK TO GET IT OFF THE FEEDER WHILE THE FEEDER WAS RUNNING. THE ROCK KICKED UP & FOULED HIS HAND AGAINST THE ROOF, BRUISING HIS HAND AND CUTTING HIS FINGERS.

2003 · 4 incidents

June 27, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sly Branch Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

PRE-SHIFT MINE EXAMINER FOUND INTERSECTION OF #8 HEADING BELLIED DOWN IN LAST CROSSCUT TO FACE. ENTRY WAS CRIBBED OFF AT MOUTH OF PLACE. PRESHIFTED ABOUT 6:30 AM. FELL AT ABOUT 12:30 PM.

May 14, 2003 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sly Branch Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

SCOOP OPERATOR WAS TAKING SCOOP TO BATTERY BARN TO CHANGE BATTERIES WHEN SOME DRAW ROCK FELL IN OPERATOR'S DECK AND ON EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS BRUISED ON SOME PARTS OF BODY.

February 28, 2003 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator NO VALUE FOUND
Sly Branch Energy Inc · No Value Found

EE RAN OVER A ROCK WITH SCOOP AND IT PUT THE OPERATORS DECK OF THE SCOOP INTO THE ROOF. EE'S SHOULDER HIT THE ROOF AND IT BRUISED HIS SHOULDER.

February 27, 2003 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator NO VALUE FOUND
Sly Branch Energy Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS USING SCOOP TO CLEAN UNDER BELT. BELT WAS HUNG IN HIGH TOP AND AS HE SCOOPED UNDER BELT AND BACKED UP FROM HIGH TOP TO LOW TOP, HIS JACKET HOOKED ON A ROOF BOLT PLATE AND IT DRAGGED HIM OFF OF THE SCOOP, BREAKING HIS WRIST.

2002 · 1 incident

November 15, 2002 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sly Branch Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WE WERE USING A SCOOP, WIRE ROPE AND A PULL BLOCK TO PULL CONVEYER BELT TOGETHER WHEN A CHAIN HOLDING THE PULL BLOCK BROKE LETTING THE WIRE ROPE LOOSE. THE WIRE ROPE PINNED EE AGAINST RIB AND BRUISED HIM.

2001 · 1 incident

October 19, 2001 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sly Branch Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

TURNED A BREAK IN #6 ENTRY. CLEANED IT UP WNET BACK TO BOLT IT AND FOUND A 40' CRACK IN ROOF. PUT UP 5' BOLTS TO SPOT BOLT WITH. BOLTER MAN BACKED OUT OF ENTRY AT ABOUT 1400 TO LET ROOF SETTLE . IT FELL AT 1445.