Mining Incidents

Dowis Chapel Job Coal

Mountainside Coal · Surface
Controlled by Damian Caldwell
Woodbine, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519348

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Dowis Chapel Job.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2009–2011
Latest incident
Jul 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
35
citations
17
significant & substantial
$9,244
proposed penalties
$7,664
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
2011 Q4 10,659 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 8,760 8 4 913.2
2011 Q2 13,968 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 19,270 7 3 363.3
2010 Q4 15,549 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 17,775 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 13,756 3 3 218.1
2010 Q1 18,970 2 2 105.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2011 · 1 incident

July 18, 2011 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Mountainside Coal · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing the chip deflector and replacing a new bit. Employee was using a pipe to unstop the drill bit and the bit blew out rock fragments into the employee arms and chest.

2010 · 2 incidents

December 7, 2010 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking up the haul road and slipped on the icy road resulting in a right arm fracture.

January 12, 2010 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Mountainside Coal · Struck by falling object

Employee was getting loaded and a rock fell from the highwall hitting the truck on the rear corner of the bed, causing the operator to have pain to his shoulder

2009 · 1 incident

August 20, 2009 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was ascending up the ladder of his loader, when he slipped due to wet conditions from the coal pit, causing employee to hurt his right arm.