Mining Incidents

Robin Branch Surface Mine Coal

Chappell, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518409

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
Jun 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
12
citations
11
significant & substantial
$944
proposed penalties
$726
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 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 817 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 8,754 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 18,012 1 0 55.5
2002 Q2 20,370 2 2 98.2
2002 Q1 19,355 9 9 465.0
2001 Q4 19,779 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

5 on file

2002 · 3 incidents

June 6, 2002 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Contracting LLC · Struck against a moving object

DUMP TRUCK ON FILL RAMP, AND WAS DRIVING DOWN RAMP, CUT TO THE RIGHT PREMATURE ONTO THE HAULROAD, CAUSING HIM TO GO OVER A 15" DROP, THEN COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN.

May 6, 2002 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS (TOXIC AGENTS)
Associated Contracting LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE OPERATING DOZER HAD RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.

March 11, 2002 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Contracting LLC · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING LOADER, AND WAS UNABLE TO WALK AT END OF SHIFT.

2001 · 2 incidents

November 1, 2001 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Associated Contracting LLC · Struck against a moving object

BACKING UP LOADER, TORE CARTILEGE IN NECK.