Mining Incidents

Clas #4 Coal

Clas Coal Company, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by William Ridley Elkins Jr
Kite, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519105

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
42
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,552
proposed penalties
$4,552
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 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 19,575 12 3 613.0
2008 Q2 22,586 10 1 442.8
2008 Q1 21,995 12 0 545.6
2007 Q4 19,129 2 0 104.6
2007 Q3 14,855 6 0 403.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2008 · 6 incidents

September 24, 2008 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clas Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

1 break inby the feeder at spad #370, we had a roof fall that caught 2 shuttle cars about 4' on one of thjem and 6' on the other one. It looks as if their was a vertical crack that caused the fall.

June 13, 2008 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clas Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

While traveling airways, found a roof fall about 4' thick, 25' wide and 40' long, 1 break inby spad #277. Looks like there was a hill seam there and water has cut it loose.

May 23, 2008 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clas Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

While traveling air ways discovered a roof fall 1 break to the right of spad #268. It was measured about 20' wide, 70' long and 7' thick. Check test holes around it and checked OK. Timbered and dangered off. Looks as if 2 hill seams caused fall. Will keep a closer look at top to try to keep this from happening.

April 28, 2008 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clas Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

While traveling the airways I found a roof fall 1 break inby spad 303. It had fallen about 4' thick 12' wide and 70' long. I check test holes around it found no other cracks came outside reported the fall and went back timered and dangered fell off hill seems and water look like cause fall.

April 11, 2008 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clas Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

While checking a place that I had dangered off earlier in the week, I found that it had fallen. About 90' long 20' wide adn 5' thick. There was hill seams and water coming out of the top.

February 14, 2008 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clas Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

While traveling the return on the way to section found a roof fall in an abandoned area of the mine. Did not affect ventilation and no one injured. The fall was about 4' thick, 20' wide & about 45' long.

2007 · 2 incidents

December 4, 2007 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clas Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall was found in 1st left return panel, 900' outby section. Fall did not effect ventilation at the mine. Fall was discovered by superintendant.

October 9, 2007 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clas Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

While attempting to put a cover back on the roof bolter, he dropped the cover and it hit on top of his foot behind the steel toe.