Mining Incidents

KIMBLE #1 Coal

Controlled by Keith B Kimble
Dover, Tuscarawas County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304109

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2000–2014
Latest incident
Apr 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
79
citations
25
significant & substantial
$12,544
proposed penalties
$12,381
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 1,441 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,618 1 0 618.0
2025 Q1 2,386 1 0 419.1
2024 Q4 3,569 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,134 1 0 468.6
2024 Q2 1,131 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 790 0 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

15 on file

2014 · 1 incident

April 17, 2014 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Fall from machine

Driver backed to the berm of the dump site and did not stop. 85 ton rock truck he was driving pushed through the berm. Truck rolled down the embankment and the driver jumped from the truck.

2011 · 2 incidents

July 7, 2011 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was cleaning auger hole and some piece of top was going up conveyor. He went to the conveyor to throw the pieces off. A piece rolled down and hit his finger between a rock and the paddle on the conveyor.

January 11, 2011 OH · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was loading hoses and water pump into bucket of excavator, when the bucket moved and struck employee in the chest.

2007 · 1 incident

September 1, 2007 OH · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Struck by falling object

Was spray painting numbers on wall. Was facing highwall when some rocks fell off the wall landing on ee-a couple heads higher than ee-rocks did not fall from top.

2005 · 2 incidents

December 9, 2005 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING TRACKS ON DOZER - CHUNK OF ICE / MUD HIT FINGER.

November 5, 2005 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Struck by falling object

PULLED UP TO DOZER TO FUEL - HE STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK & WALKED BACK TO GET FUEL HOSE - PART WAY BACK A ROCK HIT HIM IN THE CALF.

2004 · 1 incident

June 1, 2004 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Fall from machine

Stepped out of machine and fell. No medical treatment, Physician gave him three days off. Had a contusion to the left stomach wall.

2003 · 1 incident

July 28, 2003 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS TRYING TO MOVE A 3" WATER PUMP BY HIMSELF. WHEN HE PULLED UP TO LIFT, INJURED BACK.

2002 · 1 incident

January 29, 2002 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Struck by flying object

ROCK FLEW OUT FROM UNDER TIRE OF 150 TON TRUCK AND HIT LT. LEG IN CALF.

2001 · 1 incident

2000 · 5 incidents

November 21, 2000 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Struck against stationary object

MINER WAS CLIMBING UP ON MACHINE AND HIT HIS HEAD ON MIRROR BRACKET LACERATION AND BRUISING SPRAIN NECK.

October 14, 2000 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Fall from machine

TRIPPED WHEN SECURING BASLES OF STRAW TO BE USED RECLAIMING MINE LAND. FELL FROM TRUCK BED ON TO GRAVEL PARKING LOT.

August 8, 2000 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Fall from machine

OPERATOR FELL OFF LOADER WHILE CLIMBING & STRUCKHIS BACK ON LOADER TIRE.

June 13, 2000 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Struck against a moving object

LOST CONTROL OF 45 MACK ROCK TRUCK- STEERING FAILURE. OPERATOR HAD SEAT BELT ON. TRUCK WENT INTO CORN FIELD. OPERATOR HURT LOWER BACK AND LEG. TRUCK WAS BEING TRANSPORTED FROM PIT TO PIT ON CO UNTY ROAD.

January 7, 2000 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kimble Clay & Limestone · Struck against a moving object

TWO DOUBLE ENGINED SCRAPERS WERE PILING DIRT. ONE RAN TOO CLOSE TO EDGE AND ROLLED SCRAPER. OPERATOR'S SEAT BELT WAS ON.