Mining Incidents

Big Spring #1 Coal

Mousie, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518118

MSHA record for Big Spring #1 (mine ID 1518118). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
May 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
31
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 31 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 7,497 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 21,562 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

May 17, 1999 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS REMOVING LARGE ROCKS FROM THE COAL PIT. HE HAD JUST LOADED A ROCK AND WAS TURNING AROUND TO LEAVE THE PIT AREA AND HE BACKED INTO THE HIGHWALL REALLY HARD.

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