Mining Incidents

#2 Coal

Sundance Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Bobby Blackburn
Coal Creek, Lawrence County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518443

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Jan 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
32
citations
9
significant & substantial
$1,880
proposed penalties
$0
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
2002 Q1 10 5 1 500000.0
2001 Q4 1,408 21 8 14914.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

January 12, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sundance Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

REPLACING A NEW AUGER BARREL ON A 16RB CUTTING MACHINE THEY HAD LAID THE NEW ONE ON TOP OF CUTTER HEAD WHILE THE INJ EE WAS TAKING THE OLD BARRELL OFF. THE PERSON ASSISTING HIM KNOCKED THE NEW BARREL OFF, THEREFORE LANDING ON HIS INDEX FINGER CUTTING IT OFF ABOVE THE KNUCKLE