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#1 Coal

White Cat Mining, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Kirsch Family LLC

Buckhorn, Perry County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518598

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2003
Latest incident: May 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2003

citations

significant & substantial

$1,566

proposed penalties

$750

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 Q4	5,269	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	14,024	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	10,018	23	3	2295.9

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

May 1, 2003 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

White Cat Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SETTING A EMPTY 55 GAL DRUM DOWN AND IT CAUGHT HIS RIGHT ARM AND TWISTED IT AROUND AND AT THE TIME PAIN BEGAN IN HIS RIGHT UPPERARM AND SHOULDER PRODUCING PAIN WITH BURNING AND STINGS P AIN IN RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.

April 21, 2003 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

White Cat Mining, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

ROCK FELL OUT THAT WAS NOT SECURED IN BUCKET & FELL OUT AS LOADER STARTED TOWARDS THIS TRUCK, LOADERS REAR TIRES CAME OFF THE GROUND & WHEN TIRES CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AGAIN RE- SULTING IN A SUDDEN JERK RESULTING IN NECK PAIN.