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Chas #8 HWM Coal

Chas Coal LLC · Surface
Controlled by Broe Companies Inc
Beverly, Clay County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518430

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Dec 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
30
citations
16
significant & substantial
$2,107
proposed penalties
$132
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
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q4 12,363 14 6 1132.4
2003 Q3 10,488 2 2 190.7
2003 Q2 8,466 3 1 354.4
2003 Q1 5,025 9 7 1791.0
2002 Q4 2,387 2 0 837.9
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

2003 · 4 incidents

December 12, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman NO VALUE FOUND
Chas Coal LLC · No Value Found

EE WAS STEPPING OFF THE MAINFRAME AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL OR ROCK. IT WAS DARK AND HE THOUGHT HE TWISTED OR SPRAINED IT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE SHIFT. THE NEXT MORNING THE PAIN WAS SO INTENSE THAT HE WENT TO THE ER WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A FRACTURE.

October 13, 2003 KY · Coal ELECTRICAL
Chas Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A 988 LOADER WHEN THE BATTERY EXPLODED PINNING HIS FINGER.

June 26, 2003 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger NO VALUE FOUND
Chas Coal LLC · No Value Found

EE WAS WATERING THE ROAD WITH THE WATER TRUCK HEADING UPHILL. THE TRANSMISSION CAME OUT OF GEAR AND THE BRAKES DID NOT HOLD BECAUSE THE TRUCK WAS FULL OF WATER.