Mining Incidents

No 1: 38 MSHA citations Coal

Prater Creek Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by John Harris
Banner, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517700

No 1 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Jun 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
38
citations
13
significant & substantial
$6,075
proposed penalties
$6,075
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
17
inspections on record
125
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: 125 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 1 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-02-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
52.0%
significant & substantial
36.0%
high negligence or reckless
52.0%
reasonably likely or greater
44.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 64.0% moderate, 36.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Clintco Enterprises Inc 1995 to 1996
  2. Prater Creek Coal Corp 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 0
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2001 Q1 0 22 8
2000 Q4 0 16 5
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

June 30, 1997 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Prater Creek Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASUIRNG APPRXO 1'LX1'WX1"T. FELL FROM TEH MINE ROOF AND LANDED ON SUBJECTS RIGHT HAND WHICH WAS RESTING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHILE SUBECT WAS SERVICING MINER. MINER WAS LOCATED IN A BOTLED INTERSECTION WHILE SUB JECT WAS SERVICING MINER. MINER WAS LOCATED INTERSECTION #1 ENTRY SUBECT RECEIVED A HAIR LINE FRACTURE OF ONE BONE IN HAND.

January 16, 1997 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Prater Creek Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PINCHED TWO MIDDLE FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND WHILE BOLTING THE ROOF. FINGERS WERE PINCHED BETWEEN A 6" X 16" METAL ROOF BOLT PLATE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN PLATE WHILE INSTALLING THE BOLT AN D PLATE.