Mining Incidents

No 7-D Coal

Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Underground
Controlled by James L Griffith
Biggs, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519333

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2009–2011
Latest incident
Sep 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
170
citations
61
significant & substantial
$33,878
proposed penalties
$32,987
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
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q3 6,136 14 7 2281.6
2011 Q2 8,233 6 3 728.8
2011 Q1 8,380 25 10 2983.3
2010 Q4 8,963 19 8 2119.8
2010 Q3 6,905 21 7 3041.3
2010 Q2 7,663 19 6 2479.4
2010 Q1 6,844 4 2 584.5
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

2011 · 3 incidents

September 16, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Scoop operator was scooping rock and know out a stopping and a piece of rock and a block hit right hand of operator.

July 18, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Struck by falling object

Bolting top rock fell striking him on Rt. Forearm, as he was drilling.

May 19, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Bolting top got finger caught between drillpot and drill steel, mashed little finger and cut it.

2010 · 3 incidents

August 26, 2010 KY · Coal drill helper MACHINERY
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was taking drill steel apart when his right ring finger was mashed between 2 pieces of drill steel.

April 16, 2010 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred in the #4 right crosscut into the #5 heading. The fall was approximately 25'long x 18'wide x 8' high. The roof fall did not affect workers,ventilation nor equipment. The fall also continued in the #5 heading on 4-22-10 appx. 10' in length x 18, wide x 8' high.

2009 · 2 incidents

August 24, 2009 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was crawling to get back on his scoop when a piece of draw rock fell & hit him on the neck & back.

May 28, 2009 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating a shuttle car, when he hit a small hole and it bounced him into the top of the canopy.