Mining Incidents

#5 Coal

J & R Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Roger N Bentley
Hueysville, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518278

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
121
citations
41
significant & substantial
$11,438
proposed penalties
$11,438
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 Q4 0 1 1
2003 Q3 10,703 9 3 840.9
2003 Q2 14,745 7 4 474.7
2003 Q1 14,381 11 3 764.9
2002 Q4 11,118 6 4 539.7
2002 Q3 11,797 10 0 847.7
2002 Q2 15,276 6 3 392.8
2002 Q1 17,531 4 2 228.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2003 · 6 incidents

September 3, 2003 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & R Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS BUSTING ROCK AT TAILPIECE WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND CHOKER.

July 10, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
J & R Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING METAL WHEN BIT BY A SNAKE.

July 7, 2003 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
J & R Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS TRAVELING UP THE ENTRY TOWARD THE FACE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING THE EE ON THE HEAD AND NECK.

June 9, 2003 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider NO VALUE FOUND
J & R Coal Company · No Value Found

EE AND SCOOP DRIVER WERE LOADING BELT STRUCTURE AND GOT WATER ON DECK. EE WAS TRYING TO DUMP WATER WHEN HE GOT PINNED TO TOP.

March 19, 2003 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator NO VALUE FOUND
J & R Coal Company · No Value Found

THERE WAS A PIECE OF ROCK HANGING ON ROOF BOLT AND HE STARTED TO PULL IT AND IT FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

February 10, 2003 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
J & R Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

GOING TO BATTERY BARN AND CAUGHT HIS LT. KNEE ON TOP OF ROOF OF MINE AND INJURED HIS KNEE.

2002 · 1 incident

April 5, 2002 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
J & R Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON ROOF FLOOR AND DROPPED ROOF BOLTER POT ONLEFT FINGER NEXT TO THUMB ON LEFT HAND.

2001 · 2 incidents

October 2, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & R Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BUSTING ROCK AT TAIL PIECE AND MISSED ROCK AND HIT TOP WITH HAMMER AND BROKE A PIECE OF ROCK LOOSE FROM TOP AND HIT HIM ON HEAD.

July 1, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
J & R Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WORKER WAS HAULING CURTAIN BOARDS IN WITH BUGGY AND ONE CAUGHT THE ROOF OF MINE AND PULLED PIECE OF ROCK DOWN ON HIM HURTING LEFT SHOULDER AND RIBS.