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Mine #5 Coal

Controlled by Phoenix Coal Corporation
Graham, Muhlenberg County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518882

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2005–2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
50
citations
19
significant & substantial
$18,443
proposed penalties
$16,128
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
2009 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 15,430 5 1 324.0
2008 Q3 20,715 14 6 675.8
2008 Q2 25,135 6 4 238.7
2008 Q1 31,353 4 1 127.6
2007 Q4 27,540 4 2 145.2
2007 Q3 19,145 11 3 574.6
2007 Q2 17,710 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

5 on file

2008 · 1 incident

June 5, 2008 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Charolais Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

Injured party left work early on 6/16/08 saying his back was hurting. When questioned about his back, he then informed us that he had hurt his back on 6/5/08 but did not tell anyone or fill out an accident report. He said he hurt his back on 6/5 while driving a 777A back dump truck hauling rock when he ran over a hole and it jarred his lower back.

2007 · 3 incidents

September 6, 2007 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Charolais Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Ware Trucking had a tractor/trailer coal truck to lay over on its side at Mine #5, Charolais Mining Company. No one was hurt; the cab of the truck was o.k. The trailer was bent up a little.

August 23, 2007 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Charolais Mining Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

Injured party was helping mechanic put a belly pan on the D-10 dozer and as he got ready to get out from under the dozer his hard hat fell off. As he reached to pick up his hard hat he struck his head against the dozer ripper.

2005 · 1 incident

November 16, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Charolais Coal No.1 LLC · Struck against stationary object

Putting cutting edges on d8r. using a putty knife scrapping off mole board. A spur on the edge cut the left index finger on the side. Having to put 5 stitches on the side.