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Can Do Plant Coal

Don Bowles Corporation · Facility

Controlled by Donald E Bowles

St. Charles, Hopkins County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518110

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2004
Latest incident: Oct 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$13,506

proposed penalties

$11,886

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 Q4	0	1	0
2006 Q3	0	1	0
2006 Q2	2,964	3	0	1012.1
2006 Q1	3,612	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	2,329	3	0	1288.1
2005 Q3	11,256	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	16,586	8	3	482.3
2005 Q1	16,241	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

3 on file

2004 · 3 incidents

October 18, 2004 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Charolais Coal No 1 LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS HELPING FROM THE BANK TO GET SUPPLIES TO MEDICAL PERSONNEL. GROUND CONDIDITONS WERE MUDDY AND SLICK. EE FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND LAND ON HIS RIBS. EE WAS COMPLAINING OF POSSIBLE RIB FRACTURE.

October 18, 2004 KY · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY

Charolais Coal No 1 LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE OPERATING A MUD CAT DREDGE. CLEANING OUT SILT BASIN BELOW THE COAL YARD. EE THOUGHT THE HEAD WAS TRYING TO STOP UP, GOT OUT OF CAB TO TAKE A LOOK. PUT THE AUGER IN NEUTRAL AND LEFT THE ENGINE IDLEING. WALKED TOWARDS THE HEAD TO GET A CLOSER VIEW, AND CLIMBED OVER OIL THROUGH HANDRAILS, SLIPPED AND WENT INTO AUGER. LEG HAD TO BE REMOVED BELOW KNEE.

May 22, 2004 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Charolais Coal No 1 LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AND HIT ELBOW ON THE BELT FRAME.