Mining Incidents

Joes Branch #2 Coal

Controlled by Talmage D Meade
Jenkins, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517768

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
183
citations
61
significant & substantial
$21,375
proposed penalties
$21,240
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 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 6,706 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 21,195 13 2 613.4
2004 Q4 29,952 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 34,146 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

17 on file

2004 · 3 incidents

April 16, 2004 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operating a bulldozer and had dismounted to talk to the foreman and as he was remounting the dozer he felt severe pain in left leg and he went to hospital.

April 13, 2004 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He had stepped down from a endloader and stepped into a drill hole and fractured his right ankle. He was starting the loader for worktime to warm up.

March 29, 2004 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE GOT OUT OF HIS LOADER AND WAS ON THE GROUND OVERLOOKING THE BERM. HE SLIPPED & ROLLED DOWN A 15 FOOT EMBANKMENT CAUSING 2 FRACTURED RIBS, AND CONTUSIONS TO HIS FACE & ARMS.

2003 · 2 incidents

October 9, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON RD 15. HE WAS CUTTING SOME CHIP REFLECTOR MATERIAL WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE WHITSBURTG ER TO HAVE ST ITCHES AND THEN HE CAME BACK TO THE JOB AND WORKED THE REST OF THE SHIFT.

August 28, 2003 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING UPON THE EXCAVATOR TO PULL AN ENGINE OIL SAMPLE, HE WAS LEANING OVER TO PULL THE SAMPLE AND HAD EXTREME PAIN IN THE CENTER OF HIS BACK. HE WAS EVALUATED BY THE MET & THEN TAKEN TO THE E.R. BECAUSE OF SEVERE PAIN. X-RAYS TAKEN.

2002 · 4 incidents

October 9, 2002 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS UPON THE LOADING DECK OF A HYDROSEEDER & HE PICKED UP A 50 LB.BAG OF SEED MIX TO PASS TO ANOTHER EE AND HE HEARD HIS LOWER BACK POP, CAUSING HIS LEGS TO GIVE AWAY UNDER HIM. HE WAS EVAL UATED BY AN MET AND THEN TAKEN TO THE ER. HE WAS GIVEN A PAIN SHOT & X-RAY & WENT HOME.

October 2, 2002 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Struck against a moving object

CONTRACTOR WAS LOADED & PULLING OUT OF COAL PIT WHEN STRAP BROKE ON THE MAIN DRIVE LINE OF HIS COAL TRUCK. THE LOADED TRUCK WENT UP ON A BANK & TURNED OVER. THE CONTRACTOR WAS TAKEN BY CAR TO THE HOSPITAL & ADMITTED FOR 6 BROKEN RIBS. HE WAS RELEASED ON 10/4/02.

August 16, 2002 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WELDING, A PIECE OF FLAG FELL DOWN INTO HIS BOOT LANDING ON. HIS LEFT ANKLE CAUSING A SWERE BURN ON HIS ANKLE AND HE KEPT WORKING. HIS BOOT CAUSED THE BURN TO BECOME MORE IRRITATED.

June 1, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS STEAMING THE RADIATOR ON A SMALL DOZER & WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLTS BACK UPON THE GRILL & SLIPPED ON STABILIZER BAR & FELL TO THE GROUND SCRAPING HIS RIGHT THIGH & BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE. T OOK HIM TO ER. HE HAD X-RAYS & WENT BACK TO WORK

2001 · 7 incidents

December 12, 2001 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS INSIDE THE CAB OF THE AUGER PREPAREIN TO CHANGE OUT THE HEADS. HE WAS REACHING FOR THE TODOOR AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN CROWD LIVER AN DGUARD HE WAS TAKEN TO THE WHITSBURG ARN ER. THE Y DID PARTIAL AMPUTATION ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND AND KEPT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL.

November 1, 2001 KY · Coal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Fall from ladders

HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE POWDER TRUCK AND SLIPPED PULLING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WAS TAKEN TO E.R. THEY X-RAYED IT AND NOTHING WAS BROKE. HE HAS PULLED A MUSCLE AND PUT IT IN A S LING.

November 1, 2001 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS SETTING AN ENGINE OF A 992 LOADER DOWN INTO THE COMPARTMENT AND STEPPED INTO A METAL FRAME OVERHEAD HITTING HIS HEAD. HE REQUIRED A CUT IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD LESS THAN 1 INCH LONG. HE WAS TAKING TO E.R. AND THEY GLUED IT BACK TOGETHER.

June 8, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHECKING FUEL IN SIDE TANK ON SALEM AUGERAND STEDPPED DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT LEG BEFORE THE FUEL TANK AND AUGER CARRIAGE ON THE FUEL TANK STRAPS. BRUISED HIS LEFT LEG IN THE CALF PART .

February 28, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING UPON THE GRADER AND FELT HIS BACK POP. HE WENT TO DR. 3-1-01 AND HE HAD X RAYS AND WAS REFERRED TO PHYSICIAL THERAPY FOR 2 WEEK BECAUSE OF STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.

February 5, 2001 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM BACK OF A TOOL TRUCK AND STEPPED ON A RACK SPRAINING HIS ANKLE.

January 2, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TARPING HIS COAL TRUCK AND BAR BROKE LEAVING HIM HANGING ON THE TRUCK BED. STRAIN UPPER ARM, INCLUDING CLAVICLE & SCAPULA. NO LOST TIME AT WORK. HE DOES THERAPY IN THE EVENINGS.

2000 · 1 incident

September 26, 2000 KY · Coal drill helper DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Meade & Shepherd Coal Co., Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OPERATING A ROCK DRILL HE BECAME DIZZY AND FELT LIKE HE WAS PASSING OUT. HE STATED IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO BREATHE.