HE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, CHANGING APUMP ON LOADER. NOTICED SORENESS WHICH CONTINUEDTO GET WORSE. SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION JUNE 8. DID NOT REPORT TO FOREMAN UNTIL 8/16/00. HAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK SINCE.
Walker Branch Mine Coal
AEP Kentucky Coal, L. L. C.
· Surface
Controlled by
American Electric Power Company Inc
Gulnare,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518116
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2000
- Latest incident
- Apr 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
33
citations
13
significant & substantial
$3,974
proposed penalties
$1,715
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q1 | 2,966 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 1,514 | 8 | 0 | 5284.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 7,471 | 8 | 5 | 1070.8 |
| 2002 Q3 | 6,322 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 5,126 | 6 | 5 | 1170.5 |
| 2002 Q1 | 3,329 | 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
4 on file2000 · 4 incidents
April 16, 2000
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
April 1, 2000
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
HE STATED THAT WHILE RUNNING LOADER IN TIGHT SHOT, LOADER HIT BOTTOM AND JERKED HIM. BACK WAS STIFF AND SORE WITH PAIN RADIATING DOWN LEGS. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL 5/9/00. HIS LAST DAY WO RKED WAS 5/5/00.
March 15, 2000
KY · Coal
greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON 418 DRILL STEPPEDDOWN TO GROUND PUTTING RIGHT FOOT ON SMALL ROCK THE ROCK TURNED OVER CAUSING HIS FOOT TO MOVE TWISTING HIS ANKLE
Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
STRUCK BY LARGE 6-7 TON SANDSTONE BOULDER THAT ROLLED OUT OF SHOT MATERIAL APPROX. 120', STRIKING TRUCK ON DRIVER SIDE.