Mining Incidents

#5 Coal

PIA Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Larry Thornsberry
Drift, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519054

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Mar 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
16
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,370
proposed penalties
$2,370
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 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 80 1 0 12500.0
2009 Q2 1,174 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,073 1 0 482.4
2008 Q4 10,735 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 11,338 13 5 1146.6
2008 Q2 11,668 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,303 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

2007 · 1 incident

March 2, 2007 KY · Coal FIRE
Mountain Source Energy LLC · Accident type, without injuries

To the best of my knowledge, a hydraulic hose burst and caused a fire. It took 2 1/2 hours to put out. We were unaware we had to report to MSHA.