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Carbon #1 Coal

Carbon Operations Of Kentucky, LLC · Facility

Controlled by Douglas E Miller

Central City, Muhlenberg County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518073

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2002–2003
Latest incident: Jun 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$2,801

proposed penalties

$2,790

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
2005 Q2	996	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	1,039	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	1,018	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	4,196	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	4,701	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	11,976	7	4	584.5
2003 Q4	13,028	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	10,831	2	0	184.7

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

2003 · 2 incidents

June 9, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Carbon Operations Of Kentucky, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO OPEN THE PELLET MILL DOOR. WHILE DOING THIS TASK HE HURT HIS BACK. HE STATED HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO OPEN THE DOOR, THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE STUMBLED FORWARD BUT DID NOT FALL.

May 7, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Carbon Operations Of Kentucky, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING A BELT WIPER. WHILE REMOVING THE WIPER IT BECAME STUCK. A PRY BAR WAS USED TO DISLODGE STUCK PART. THE PRY BAR BEING USED BY A SECOND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED CAUSING THIS EMP LOYEE TO STUMBLE. HE FELL INTO THE INJURED EMPLOYEE CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO BELT STRUCTIRE, INJURING HIS HEAD.

2002 · 2 incidents

February 28, 2002 KY · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Carbon Operations Of Kentucky, LLC · Struck against stationary object

CONVEYER BELT WAS FROZEN TO SKIRT RUBBER. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CHUTE AND HIT HIS HAND ON CATWALK. EMPLOYEE COMPLETED SHIFT AND WENT TO DOCTOR NEXT DAY. X-RAY TAKEN OF HAND, NO FRACTURE NOR A BNORMALITY TO BONES.

January 21, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Carbon Operations Of Kentucky, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE PARKED THE WATER TRUCK AND WAS EXITING THE EQUIPMENT. EE STATED THAT WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT TOUCHED THE GROUND HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK. EE FINISHED SHIFT AND WENT TO DOCTO R NEXT DAY.