The employee was using a 20 pound sledge hammer to hit the pins on a beam for a highwall miner. He raised the hammer over his head and came down with the hammer, when he felt something pull in his back. He worked the rest of the shift and went home and had to go the ER becuase he said he was in pain.
Highwall Miner # 37 Coal
Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
U S Coal Corporation
harlan,
Harlan County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519512
Highwall Miner # 37 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2010
- Latest incident
- Oct 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
12
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,619
proposed penalties
$1,500
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $119 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
3
inspections on record
96
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: 96 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Highwall Miner # 37 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-05-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Highwall Miner # 37 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 5 samples.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.Respirable coal dust
ⓘ
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.32
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-05-10.
Noise
0%
over PEL
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-05-10.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Show 11 earlier quarters Hide earlier quarters
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,127 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 7,822 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 9,152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 13,625 | 9 | 2 | 660.6 |
| 2011 Q1 | 13,059 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 6,199 | 3 | 0 | 483.9 |
| 2010 Q3 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2010 · 1 incident
October 8, 2010
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fox Knob Coal Co, Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
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