Mining Incidents

Hourglass Coal

Banner Inc · Underground
Controlled by Anthony McPeek
Sassafras, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518224

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
107
citations
44
significant & substantial
$8,973
proposed penalties
$5,704
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
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 10,927 8 2 732.1
2001 Q1 16,397 26 8 1585.7
2000 Q4 16,342 24 7 1468.6
2000 Q3 12,944 26 14 2008.7
2000 Q2 4,243 9 5 2121.1
2000 Q1 6,061 14 8 2309.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

May 18, 2001 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Banner Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS STACKING BELT STRUCTURE FOR TRANSPORT AND LOAD MINER CABLE AND CAR CABLE.

April 27, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Banner Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINING CABLE AND HURT HIS BACK AND RIGHT LEG.

February 19, 2001 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Banner Inc · Struck by falling object

IN PERFORMANCE OF HIS JOB AS A ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A FALL OF ROCK. THE ROCK STRUCK THE EE ON THE HEAD & SHOULDERS.

2000 · 8 incidents

December 5, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Banner Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BELT LINE & STRAINED LOWER ABDOMEN.

August 21, 2000 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Banner Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE FORMER EMPLOYEE AFTER HE HAD SEVERED HIS EMPLOYMENT ALLEGES A BACK INJURY. WHEN INVESTIGATEDTHIS HAD NOT BEEN REPORTED TO THE FOREMAN.

August 10, 2000 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Banner Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP STEEL & WOODEN COLLERS &FELT PAIN IN BACK.

August 8, 2000 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Banner Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PUTTING UP WOODEN COLLERS HURT LOWER BACK.

April 26, 2000 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
R & B Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries

DURING THE PRESHIFT EXAM TWO (2) NON-INJURY ROOF FALLS WERE OBSERVED: #1 THE #4 ENTRY 20' INBY THE LAST OPEN CROSS CUT APPROX 45' LONG X 6' HIGH X 20' WIDE.

April 26, 2000 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
R & B Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries

DURING THE PRESHIFT EXAM TWO (2) NON-INJURY ROOF FALLS WERE OBSERVED. #2 THE #6 ENTRY CROSS CUT TO #5 18' WIDE X 18' LONG X 60" HIGH.