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Depoy Mine Coal

Black Hills Coal Inc · Surface

Controlled by Gary Wayne Johnson

Greenville, Muhlenberg County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518187

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2000–2002
Latest incident: Sep 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$2,042

proposed penalties

$1,548

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
2003 Q2	1,300	1	1	769.2
2003 Q1	1,620	0	0	0.0
2002 Q4	1,440	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	2,520	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	4,250	5	1	1176.5
2002 Q1	16,134	4	0	247.9
2001 Q4	8,665	2	1	230.8
2001 Q3	691	7	1	10130.2

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

September 11, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Black Hills Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

MECHANIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE TOOTH OFF BACKHOE BUCKET WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN THE CORNER APPROX. 1/4" BROKE LOOSE SENDING THAT FRAGMENT OF METAL INTO HIS LEFT THIGH INNER APPROX. 3"-4" IN DEPTH.

February 11, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Black Hills Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A BOX OF BOOSTERS AND AS HE BENT DOWN TO PUT THEM AWAY, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

2000 · 1 incident

March 18, 2000 KY · Coal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Black Hills Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HOLDING A SIGN BEING DRIVEN TO THE GROUND WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER BY ANOTHER APC EMPLOYEE. THE SLEDGE HAMMER BROKE AND HIT THE BACK OF MY HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.