Mining Incidents

Diablo 2A Coal

Licking River Mining, LLC · Underground
Controlled by U S Coal Corporation
Duco, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519256

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2008–2013
Latest incident
Aug 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
473
citations
137
significant & substantial
$164,115
proposed penalties
$12,346
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
2013 Q3 1,618 3 1 1854.1
2013 Q2 2,137 11 1 5147.4
2013 Q1 468 7 5 14957.3
2012 Q4 684 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 11,570 50 8 4321.5
2012 Q2 15,249 36 11 2360.8
2012 Q1 15,866 45 13 2836.3
2011 Q4 17,853 23 10 1288.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2013 · 1 incident

August 1, 2013 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rod Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

while moving and loading metal onto pallets he strained lower back

2012 · 1 incident

2011 · 6 incidents

December 12, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

Roof Bolting and pulled lever and canopy did not lower. Employee bumped lever and canopy fell on employee.

August 8, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

Bolting #3 Heading, trying to move gob with head when a pot slipped and fell on his left knee.

January 4, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Bolting top and hand was on arm. When raised, finger got caught between pot and top of roof.

2010 · 5 incidents

October 22, 2010 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Repairing ram car wheel. Another employee operating separate ram car struck a 4 wheeler and then it rolled into the ram car EE was repairing striking him in leg.

October 8, 2010 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

Bolting top and dropped pot on operator side striking left thigh.

September 20, 2010 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Assisting the mechanic on the repair of the miner. Mechanic was prying on the motor and it pinched EE's finger causing laceration.

July 30, 2010 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

Bolter steel fell striking employee on 5th finger on left hand.

2008 · 1 incident

December 8, 2008 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double C Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Blocking pan on miner. Pan came down and caught left thumb between pan & crib block. Required stitches.