Mining Incidents

Red Fox Coal

Red Fox, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518988

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Dec 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
132
citations
15
significant & substantial
$16,312
proposed penalties
$16,212
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
2019 Q4 4,962 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,214 3 0 365.2
2019 Q1 8,171 1 1 122.4
2018 Q4 6,745 2 0 296.5
2018 Q3 6,395 1 0 156.4
2018 Q2 7,734 1 0 129.3
2018 Q1 7,715 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,986 2 1 250.4
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

2013 · 1 incident

December 23, 2013 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H & D Coal Co., Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Conditions were wet and muddy. Injured was attempting to get on swivel truck and right foot slipped while left foot was on non-skid surface. Lost balance, weight shifted, twisting left leg and resulting in fall from truck. Was taken to nearby clinic and preliminary diagnosis is possible torn quad tendon / muscle.