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Spring Branch #2 Coal

Cook and Sons Mining, Inc. · Underground

Controlled by Michael K Cook; Randy A Cook

Premium, Letcher County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1518287

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2002
Latest incident: Apr 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

116

citations

significant & substantial

$11,658

proposed penalties

$2,875

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	1,075	5	3	4651.2
2003 Q1	3,468	19	15	5478.7
2002 Q4	4,422	36	21	8141.1
2002 Q3	2,334	23	14	9854.3
2002 Q2	12,958	8	2	617.4
2002 Q1	17,155	17	5	991.0
2001 Q4	2,600	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	2,130	4	1	1877.9

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2002 · 4 incidents

April 11, 2002 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HE WAS SWINGING BOOM TO PUT UP MIDDLE BOLT WHEN HE LET THE BOOM DOWN ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

January 26, 2002 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PUSHING ON LEVER TO LOWER CANOPY HAD SLIPPED OFF AND STRIKING THE DRILL POT SLIDE LEVER RUNNING THE DRILL POT OUT MASHED THE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND THAT WAS RESTING ON THE DRILL POT.

January 21, 2002 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ROOF BOLTER STARTED CABLE REEL AND CABLE HIT RIGHT LEG CAUSING HIM TO FALL BUMPING HEAD BRUISING KNEE AND HEAD AND NECK.

January 8, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PULLING ON MINER CABLE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.