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Triplett Branch Coal

Knott Floyd Land Co., Inc. · Underground

Controlled by M Lynn Parrish

Lackey, Knott County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1518262

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2000–2001
Latest incident: Sep 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

188

citations

significant & substantial

$23,115

proposed penalties

$2,962

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 Q2	7,758	31	12	3995.9
2002 Q1	8,309	17	6	2046.0
2001 Q4	9,800	10	1	1020.4
2001 Q3	9,928	15	10	1510.9
2001 Q2	11,521	41	17	3558.7
2001 Q1	11,134	29	6	2604.6
2000 Q4	12,486	30	5	2402.7
2000 Q3	9,988	8	3	801.0

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

2001 · 1 incident

September 18, 2001 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE

Eagle Ridge Mining Inc · Struck by powered moving object

MINER WAS SITTING ON RIB AT SEAL INSTALLATION SITE, WHEN SCOOP APPROACHED WITH SUPPLIES. SCOOP WENT FORWARD FURTHER THAN OPERATOR OR VICTIM (MINER) ANTICIPATED, AS SCOOP BUCKET CAME IN CONTACT WITH VICTIM'S LOWER LEG, CAUSING FRACTURES TO THE LOWER LEG.

2000 · 1 incident

August 8, 2000 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE

Eagle Ridge Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP ON THE SECTION. HE RAN OVER A ROCK OR LUMP OF COAL THROWING HIM AGAINST THE ROOF RESULTING IN A HEAD INJURY.