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Flag Ridge Coal

Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Damian Caldwell

Barbourville, Knox County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1519627

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2012–2014
Latest incident: Apr 2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2012

citations

significant & substantial

$18,098

proposed penalties

$15,975

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
2021 Q4	0	0	0
2021 Q3	0	0	0
2021 Q2	0	0	0
2021 Q1	0	0	0
2020 Q4	0	0	0
2020 Q3	0	0	0
2020 Q2	0	0	0
2020 Q1	0	0	0

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

2014 · 2 incidents

April 9, 2014 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The employee was watching another employee hydroseeding with the hose when the other employee lost his footing & stumbled & employee ran to assist the other employee, fell and rolled down the slope, pulling the muscles in his neck.

March 15, 2014 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Struck against a moving object

The Dozer operator was tramming backward in a shot when the track slipped off of a boulder and injured his left side soft tissue in the rib area

2012 · 2 incidents

October 26, 2012 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee turned the A/C unit on and an unidentified object flew into the employees eye.

July 12, 2012 KY · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was exiting the excavator, as he stepped down on the track he lost his balance due to the track being wet and twisted his left knee.