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Polly Surface Coal

Coal Extraction LLC · Surface
Controlled by Kenneth L Stacy
Thornton, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518308

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
160
citations
57
significant & substantial
$40,119
proposed penalties
$11,565
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
2004 Q3 9,507 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 15,812 4 2 253.0
2004 Q1 18,927 15 8 792.5
2003 Q4 20,504 1 0 48.8
2003 Q3 26,252 13 3 495.2
2003 Q2 23,458 4 2 170.5
2003 Q1 55,334 28 7 506.0
2002 Q4 49,547 0 0 0.0
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

2003 · 3 incidents

September 25, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sapphire Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKING ON A DRILL HURT HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING.

January 17, 2003 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sapphire Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING PIN WITH PLIERS WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING PIN WITH HAMMER. CO-WORKER MISSED PIN & HIT EE'S RIGHT WRIST (EE WENT BACK TO WORK SAME DAY, DR SAID WRIST BRUISED.) HIS WRIST KEPT H URTING AND ON 3-17-03 TOOK BACK TO DR AND WRIST WAS FRACTURED.

2002 · 1 incident

June 11, 2002 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sapphire Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN THE STEPS OF THE MINE OFFICE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.