Mining Incidents

Mine #17 Coal

Blair Coal Co Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Ricky Blair
Stopover, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519438

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
32
citations
11
significant & substantial
$4,117
proposed penalties
$4,117
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
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 2,957 4 2 1352.7
2012 Q3 5,081 7 3 1377.7
2012 Q2 5,942 2 2 336.6
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

November 2, 2011 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blair Coal Co Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was helping carry I beams, and pulled muscle in lower back

October 24, 2011 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blair Coal Co Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Outside of the mine Putting Jack on Miner and dropped the jack on the tip of the left ring finger