Mining Incidents

Hurican Br. Surface Mine Coal

Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518539

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
May 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
22
citations
9
significant & substantial
$1,802
proposed penalties
$1,712
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
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,973 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 189 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 6,045 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,099 2 0 246.9
2003 Q3 8,664 1 0 115.4
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

2003 · 1 incident

May 19, 2003 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Knott Floyd Land Company Inc. · Unclassified, insufficient data

EE WAS OPERATING TRUCK ON AN INCLINE ROADWAY AS THE TRUCK GAINED GRADE THE LOAD SHIFTED CAUSING THE TRUCKS FRONT WHEEL TO BECOME ELEVATED. THE EE WAS REMOVED FROM THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS LOW ERED BACK DOWN. THE EE REFUSED TO GO TO A DR. HOWEVER HE DID NOT REPORT TO HIS NEXT SHIFT WHEN CONTACTED AT HOME HE SAID HE DID NOT NEED TO GO TO THE DR.