Mining Incidents

Jacks Branch No 6 Mine Coal

Locust Grove Inc · Surface
Controlled by Edward L Clemons Estate
Hazard, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518114

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Jul 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$232
proposed penalties
$232
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
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 4,821 1 0 207.4
2001 Q1 11,945 1 0 83.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 2 incidents

January 25, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Locust Grove Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ON MAINFRAME OF THE MINER WAITING TO PIN BEAMS WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT FOOT.

January 25, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Locust Grove Inc · Struck against a moving object

COAL TRUCK WRECK. NO 1 TRUCK LOADER WITH COAL APPARENTLY CAME THROUGH A CURVE AT THE 2 MILE MARKER ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD STRIKING THE TRUCK INJURED WAS DRIVING.

2000 · 4 incidents

October 30, 2000 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locust Grove Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING HOOD ON EXCAVATOR AND FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK.

August 8, 2000 KY · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Locust Grove Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE'S FEET SLIPPED WHEN HE WAS GETTING OFF OUR HIGHWALL MINER. HE FELL BACK AGAINST THE MINER AND BRUISED HIS RIBS. IN NECK AND SHOULDERS.

July 18, 2000 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Locust Grove Inc · Struck against a moving object

CONTRACTOR'S DRIVER EXITED COAL PIT ACCESSING HAUL ROAD. DRIVER STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A JUVENILE ON A 4 WHEELER COMING TOWARD HIM DOWN GRADE. DRIVER STATED THAT HE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID THE 4 WHEELER CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ENTER THE ROAD DITCH AND TIP OVER. THE TRUCK SUSTAINED SUPERFICIAL COSMETIC DAMAGE.

June 26, 2000 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Locust Grove Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OUR LOADER MAN WAS LOADING OVERBURDEN INTO INJURED'S TRUCK WHEN A LARGE TREE STUMP ROLLED OUT OF THE BUCKET STRIKING THE TRUCK DOOR AND CAUSING IT TO CAVE IN ON HIS. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS H E HAS BRUISING TO HIS LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER BUT IS COMPLAINING WITH HIS HEAD AND NECK. HE WAS REFERRED TO ANOTHER DR. TODAY.