Mining Incidents

Mine No. 1 Coal

Crossville Coal Inc · Underground
Crab Orchard, Cumberland County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4003264

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
26
citations
10
significant & substantial
$1,905
proposed penalties
$1,905
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
2007 Q1 207 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 749 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 13,554 3 0 221.3
2006 Q2 19,760 11 6 556.7
2006 Q1 17,416 7 2 401.9
2005 Q4 7,633 5 2 655.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2006 · 3 incidents

August 8, 2006 TN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Crossville Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Fault in roof. Fall in #4 entry at crosscut #6 intersection. The fall was approximately 30 Ft long, 25 Ft wide, and 7Ft high.

April 26, 2006 TN · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crossville Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner became stuck, EE placed crib timbers under the tracks to help get out. The used pick hammer to pull the timbers out of the coal floor, the hammer glanced off the timber and hit his left foot.

March 27, 2006 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crossville Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Walking through center walkway of ARO Twin Boom Walk Through Roof Bolter after retrieving bundle of roof plates from rear of machine. He stepped on roof bolts lying in the walkway, causing him to stumble, slip & fall. Coworker had placed 4 roof bolts on walkway. Coworker stated that EE had hydraulic oil on his shoes because they had repaired oil leak prior to starting bolting.