Mining Incidents

Brd#4 Coal

B R & D Enterprises Inc · Underground
Controlled by Stanley R Ditty
Middlesboro, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518141

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Sep 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
71
citations
32
significant & substantial
$12,938
proposed penalties
$12,138
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 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 2,729 1 0 366.4
2002 Q1 23,187 2 1 86.3
2001 Q4 25,258 10 5 395.9
2001 Q3 22,464 11 6 489.7
2001 Q2 23,373 21 6 898.5
2001 Q1 22,941 5 4 218.0
2000 Q4 22,837 7 3 306.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2001 · 6 incidents

September 5, 2001 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS IN THE SCOOP BUCKET & FELL DOWN STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE, DISLOCATING IT.

September 5, 2001 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING THE RAILRUNNER, HAULING A DRIVESHAFT ON TOP WHEN THE DRIVE SHAFT ROLLED OFF THESIDE STRIKING THE RIB AND CAUSING THE OTHER END TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND JAW.

July 13, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING MUCK FROM UNDER THE BELT. WHEN HE LIFTED UP HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

June 26, 2001 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SAWING THRU A WATER LINE WITH A HACKSAW WHEN THE SAW SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND, RSULTING IN A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 2 STITCHES. EE DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME AS A RESULT OF THIS IN CIDENT.

June 25, 2001 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

EE STATED THAT HE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN HE SAT THE DRILL HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLTER ON HIS RIGHT FOOT RESULTING IN A CRUSHING INJURY TO THE MIDDLE TOE. THE SKIN WAS SEWN OVER THE VERY END OF HIS TOE AT THE NAIL. THE STEEL TOE ACTUALLY MASHED THE END OF THE TOE.

January 8, 2001 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED OUTBY THE SECTION IN AN ABANDONED AREA OF RETURN. FALL DID NOT AFFECTVENTILATION, EMPLOYEES OR EQUIPMENT. AREA DANGERED & TIMBERED OFF & WILL SOON BE SEALED.

2000 · 7 incidents

December 27, 2000 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK, HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 1-5-01 WHEN HE CONSULTED A DOCTOR.

December 21, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

EE STATED HE WAS A HOLE TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF & STRUCKHIM ON THE 2ND FINGER OF LEFT HAND. EE WAS TREATED AT ER WHERE HE RECD 6 STITCHES & RELEASED

October 17, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING THE ROOF WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BENT STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT FOREARM FRACTURINGIT.

July 21, 2000 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLT RESIN ON TO THE SCOOP WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 7-26-00 WHEN HE CONSULTED A DR.

June 19, 2000 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROCK FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN THE # ENTRY DURINGTHE PRESHIFT EXAMINATION; FALL DIDN'T AFFECT MINERS, VENTILATION NOR EQUIPMENT. FALL APPROX.20' LONG X 20' WIDE X 7' HIGH; AREA HAS BEEN DANGERED AND CRIBBED OFF, ALSO TIMBERS HAVE BEEN

May 25, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PREPARING TO SPLICE A WATER LINE WHEN ANOTHER EE DROPPED A CRIB BLOCK. THE CRIB BLOCK STRUCK A HACSAW THAT WAS LAYING ON THE BOTTOM CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE UP STRIKING EE IN THE RIGHT EYEB ROW. EE RECEIVED 13 STITCHES.

April 13, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
B R & D Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE STATED THAT WHILE THE ROOF BOLTER WAS BEING TRAMMED AND HE WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF THE BOLTER HE PLACED HIS HAND ON TOP OF ATRS. THE ATRS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE ROOF AND PINCHING EE'S HAND. EE WAS TREATED FOR FRACTURED FINGER AND RETURNED TO WORK ON NEXT REGULAR SHIFT.