Mining Incidents

Bledsoe Coal Corporation operator

Controlled by James River Coal Company
MSHA operator ID: P23317
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
1045
Mines on record
19
Years on record
1995–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6,133
citations
2,458
significant & substantial
$4,101,749
proposed penalties
$2,613,231
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,488,518 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,222
inspections on record
61,735
inspection hours
9.9
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.
6,133 citations across 61,735 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$4.1M
proposed penalties
$3.6M
current assessed
$2.6M
paid to date
$941K
outstanding
6,021 assessments are final orders; 262 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2014
8
2013
16
2012
21
2011
33
2010
46 (1f)
2009
26
2008
36
2007
52
2006
60
2005
64
2004
65
2003
50 (1f)
2002
69
2001
58
2000
87
1999
83
1998
79
1997
87
1996
60

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
January 22, 2010 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Bledsoe Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

Injury was cleaning gob in 3 left with continous miner, he started backing out of crosscut when corner of rib rolled off on him receiving a fatal injury to his upper torso. Size of rib striking he was approx. 4'L x 36"W x 16" thick.

June 20, 2003 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Bledsoe Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INADVERTANTLY OVER RAN BY A SCOOP.

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