Mining Incidents

Licking River Surface Mine Coal

Salyersville, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518702

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2004–2005
Latest incident
Apr 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
62
citations
34
significant & substantial
$8,163
proposed penalties
$8,103
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
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 254 2 2 7874.0
2005 Q3 15,613 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 20,814 15 10 720.7
2005 Q1 18,624 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

2005 · 1 incident

April 15, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Associated Contracting, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Mechanic was taking a belt off of an air compressor, he hit the starter by accident, when the engine cranked it pulled his finger in between the belt and pulley cutting it.

2004 · 2 incidents

July 1, 2004 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
Associated Contracting, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Ee was getting ready to loosen track on excavator when he was snake bitten.