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Grays Fork Coal

J R Mining Inc · Surface

Controlled by Brent E Reed

Manchester, Clay County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518755

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2004
Latest incident: Nov 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

citations

significant & substantial

$12,163

proposed penalties

$8,438

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 Q3	0	0	0
2007 Q2	0	0	0
2007 Q1	0	0	0
2006 Q4	1,757	5	4	2845.8
2006 Q3	4,754	20	12	4207.0
2006 Q2	5,990	12	2	2003.3
2006 Q1	6,389	27	10	4226.0
2005 Q4	5,186	1	0	192.8

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

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

November 9, 2004 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

J R Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The mine owner received fatal injuries when he was caught between a 980C Cat Front End Loader & a tractor trailer. The coal truck was having trouble driving up the steep haul road. The end loader was moving into position to allow the victim to hook the steel pull rope to both pieces of equipment. The end loader struck the victim resulting in fatal injuries.