Mining Incidents

Bear Branch Coal

Controlled by Bill Robinson; Ron Pfaff
Glomawr, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518451

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Dec 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
9
citations
9
significant & substantial
$1,034
proposed penalties
$1,034
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 Q3 112 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,367 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 16,964 9 9 530.5
2001 Q4 8,275 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

3 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

December 23, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kay & Kay Contracting LLC · Struck against a moving object

MINOR DAMAGE TO AHUL TRUCK. EE WAS WAITING TO BE LOADED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER TRUCK, WHICH OVERTURNED & SLID INTO HIS TRUCK.

December 22, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kay & Kay Contracting LLC · Struck against a moving object

SPEED COULD BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. HAUL ROAD WAS FROZEN. EARLY MORNING FROST WAS HEAVY. APPROX 10-$15,000 OF DAMAGE TO OVER TURNED TRUCK.