Mining Incidents

#5 Coal

PIA Company, Inc · Surface
Controlled by Larry Thornsberry
Tomahawk, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519073

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
May 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
22
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,933
proposed penalties
$2,933
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
2008 Q1 7,152 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 11,856 13 3 1096.5
2007 Q3 7,317 9 3 1230.0
2007 Q2 13,834 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 11,979 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

May 8, 2007 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
PIA Company, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While repairing an auger, the auger shifted and caught the employee's right ring and middle fingers between auger and auger housing. This resulted in both fingers being broken with hairline fractures.