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Big Branch No. 1 Coal

R.E.K. Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Sam Kilgore

Hindman, Knott County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518754

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2005
Latest incident: May 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

citations

significant & substantial

$1,152

proposed penalties

$1,152

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
2005 Q2	22,008	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	22,008	4	1	181.8
2004 Q4	22,008	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

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

May 6, 2005 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

R.E.K. Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Haul truck #2 bed backed into truck #1 at the main back of the bed. Truck driver was out of cab. Contact caused him to fall to the ground. He broke his wrist area of arm.