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J & T Coal

Ember Contracting Inc. · Underground

Controlled by Randy Gilkerson

Mousie, Knott County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1519258

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2008–2010
Latest incident: Feb 2010

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

citations

significant & substantial

$12,011

proposed penalties

$7,475

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
2010 Q3	3,225	8	3	2480.6
2010 Q2	10,390	10	3	962.5
2010 Q1	11,696	10	0	855.0
2009 Q4	11,175	9	5	805.4
2009 Q3	10,060	16	4	1590.5
2009 Q2	8,916	23	3	2579.6
2009 Q1	9,023	4	0	443.3
2008 Q4	7,725	4	1	517.8

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2010 · 1 incident

February 19, 2010 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Ember Contracting Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE stated that for the last few weeks he had been having back and leg pains when he was hanging the cutting machine cable.

2009 · 1 incident

February 11, 2009 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Ember Contracting Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE stated that he experienced pain in his lower back and left leg while loading rock dust.

2008 · 1 incident

September 23, 2008 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator OTHER

Ember Contracting Inc. · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee stated that he experienced lower back pain when he stepped down to the ground from the top of scoop batteries that he had just charged. This incident occurred outside and the step down distance is approx. 23".