Mining Incidents

Buffalo No 7 Coal

Locust Grove Inc · Surface
Controlled by Edward L Clemons Estate
Hazard, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518160

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Mar 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
23
significant & substantial
$4,531
proposed penalties
$4,531
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 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 3,082 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,629 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

10 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

March 6, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Locust Grove Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE SLIPPED ON TRACKS OF D11R AND BRUISED RIGHT HAND.

January 23, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locust Grove Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE SLAMMED HIS RIGHT HAND IN D114 DOOR

2002 · 3 incidents

May 17, 2002 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Locust Grove Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DUMPING OVERBURDEN WHEN THE GROUND GAVE WAY CAUSING HIS ROCK TRUCK TO TURN OVER. THE TRUCK TURNING OVER CAUSED MULTIPLE CUTS TO VARIOUS AREAS OF HIS BODY, HE BROKE 4 RIBS AS WELL. EE WA S X-RAYED, GOT STITCHES, MEDICATION & WAS ADMITTED.

May 7, 2002 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locust Grove Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS DISCONNECTING A TOW CABLE FROM DIIN WHEN PIN FELL SMASHING HIS LEFT HAND INJURING HIS THUMB AND FIRST TWO FINGERS.

January 25, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locust Grove Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WITH A TILT CYLINDER WHEN A CABLE ON THE BOOM TRUCK STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH. HIS LIP WAS LACERATED AND TEETH WERE INJURED.

2001 · 5 incidents

September 10, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Locust Grove Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE THINKS HE HIT A SOFT SPOT IN THE ROAD, CAUSING HIS ROCK TRUCK TO BOUNCE HIM AROUND. ACCORDING TO HIS DR. THIS LIGAMENT IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS TORN FORM A PREVIOUS INJURY BUT THIS A CCIDENT TORE IT AGAIN.

July 18, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Locust Grove Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS WAITING TO BE LOADED WHEN THE LOADER OPERATOR DROPPED THE BUCKET INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK. THE JAR CAUSED HIS AIR SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT INJURING HIS BACK.

June 26, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Locust Grove Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS WAITING TO GET HIS ROCK TRUCK LOADED WHEN THE LOADER MAN DUMPED HIS BUCKET INTO THE ROCK TRUCK A LARGE ROCK FELL INTO THE BED CAUSING IT TO JAR HIM FROM HIS SEAT TO THE FLOOR OF THE ROC K TRUCK.

May 12, 2001 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Locust Grove Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING COAL FROM THE PIT WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL. IT BROKE THE WINDOW & SHATTERED GLASS CUT HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM.

March 3, 2001 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Locust Grove Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING HEAVY PARTS AND USING A SLEDGEHAMMER TO REMOVE A D11 BLADE WHEN HE STARTED FEELING A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT HIP AND LEG, HE ALSO STARTED PASSING BLOOD.