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Sturgeon Buckhorn Coal

Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Robert L Rosencrans

Buckhorn, Perry County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1518759

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2005–2007
Latest incident: Aug 2007

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

citations

significant & substantial

$38,773

proposed penalties

$24,227

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 Q4	0	0	0
2007 Q3	5	16	5	3200000.0
2007 Q2	3,612	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	2,942	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	4,116	22	15	5345.0
2006 Q3	4,137	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	1,751	21	15	11993.1
2006 Q1	7,531	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

2007 · 1 incident

August 13, 2007 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Using pry bar to pry pilot bearing from fly wheel. Pry bar slipped, hand may have hit hook on belly pan. Required six stitches on ring finger, right hand. Light duty until 8/24/07.

2006 · 1 incident

January 20, 2006 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing down from loader. Ladder was bent, lost footing and fell to ground.

2005 · 1 incident

June 7, 2005 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Sturgeon Mining Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED OFF DRILL AND GOT BACK UP TO TURN OFF BATTERY. HE JUMPED DOWN & TURNED, TWISTING HIS KNEE.