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Alamo Surface Mine Coal

Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Surface

Controlled by Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated

Field, Bell County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518054

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 1998–1999
Latest incident: Oct 1999

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

inspections on record

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 11 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1	0	0	0
2000 Q2	0	0	0
2000 Q1	0	0	0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1999 · 2 incidents

October 12, 1999 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS REPLACING RADIATOR ON EXCAVATOR. THE TRIGGER THAT LOWERS THE WINCH MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING IT TO LOWER TO QUICKLY. HE TRIED TO GRAB THE RADIATOR AND HURT HIS LOWER BA CK. SUPERVISION WAS NOTIFIED ON 10/20/99.

September 8, 1999 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

AFTER HE LOADED THE TRUCK IT STALLED. BY THE TIME HE HAD THE TRUCK RE-STARTED, HE WAS ALREADY IN THE CURVE WHERE THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE. HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK.

1998 · 2 incidents

September 23, 1998 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING LOADER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE.

August 26, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING PARTS RUNNER IN UNLOADING REPAIR PARTS. A LARGE PIN FELL OFF THE TRUCK AND STRUCK HIS FOOT BREAKING A TOE.