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Fireclay Mine # 2 Coal

McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. · Underground

Controlled by James River Coal Company

Meta, Pike County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518136

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2002–2003
Latest incident: Jul 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

citations

significant & substantial

$4,929

proposed penalties

$4,929

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	10,184	9	4	883.7
2004 Q1	8,835	6	3	679.1
2003 Q4	9,887	11	4	1112.6
2003 Q3	9,245	5	1	540.8
2003 Q2	11,628	6	2	516.0
2003 Q1	8,265	23	4	2782.8
2002 Q4	9,795	6	2	612.6

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 1 incident

July 9, 2003 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator NO VALUE FOUND

Bluegrass Mining Co., Inc. · No Value Found

EE WAS GETTING ON MANTRIP AND SLIPPED AND BUMPED HIS KNEE ON THE MANTRIP.

2002 · 1 incident

December 27, 2002 KY · Coal transit man, surveyor/transit worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Bluegrass Mining Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING SURVEY EQUIPMENT, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN BACK. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING LIGHT DUTY OUT OF ENGINEERING OFFICE SINCE DATE OF ACCIDENT. HE WILL BE OFF AS OF 2/3/03.