Mining Incidents

Mill Creek 1 Coal

Controlled by Bathurst Resources LTD
Mazie, Lawrence County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519368

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
18
citations
15
significant & substantial
$5,435
proposed penalties
$819
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
2009 Q4 7,167 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 19,459 10 8 513.9
2009 Q2 20,895 1 0 47.9
2009 Q1 4,840 7 7 1446.3
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

2009 · 4 incidents

September 17, 2009 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Advance Energy II LLC · Fall from machine

EE took the spark plug out and craked the engine on his welder, gasoline was forced out of the cylinder and was ignited by the spark. EE jumped out of his truck breaking his wrist and arm.

May 16, 2009 KY · Coal FIRE
Advance Energy II LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Hyd. hose blew spraying engine components, igniting oil workers unable to extinguish before it spread on to flammable components in cab and around engine compartment.

May 12, 2009 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Advance Energy II LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating 988 G attempting to straighten up corner of sheet , loader slipped off large rock he was attempting to break loose from wall. The operator was shaken when the loader slipped off of the rock. He was wearing a seat belt.

March 27, 2009 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Advance Energy II LLC · Fall from machine

EE was getting off of 773 rock truck. He fell from top step landing on his side (left). MET checked him out, he was taken to hospital and discharged later that night.