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Dec 4, 2021The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) completed the last regular safety and health inspection at this mine on September 23, 2021. The 2020 non-fatal days lost incident rate for River View Coal LLC was 1.72, compared to the national average of 3.14 for mines of this type. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCIDENT
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On June 20, 2003, at approximately 1:45 a.m., Jonathan W. McIntosh, age 32, a third shift section foreman employed by Bledsoe Coal Corporation, was fatally injured when he was inadvertently ran over by a S&S 484 battery-powered rubber-tire scoop. There was no eyewitness to the accident.
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Dec 6, 2021. FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky coal miner died Saturday in an accident at an underground mine, authorities said. Lester Daugherty Jr., 48, suffered critical injuries while ...
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Saturday, November 17, 2007; Page A08. U.S. mine safety regulators failed to conduct inspections required by federal law at more than one in seven of the country's 731 underground coal mines last year, a year in which the number of worker deaths in mining accidents more than doubled to 47, a government report says.
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US Sues Mine For Not Paying Fatal Explosion Fines By Jocelyn Allison Law360 (February 3, 2009, 12:00 AM EST) -- The U.S. Department of Labor has sued an eastern Kentucky coal mine for failing to...
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Dec 4, 2021Updated: 6:29 PM EST December 4, 2021. FRANKFORT, Ky. — A coal miner passed away Saturday morning from injuries sustained in an accident at a Union County underground coal mine. Lester Daugherty ...
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Dec 4, 2021FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky coal miner died Saturday in an accident at an underground mine, authorities said. Lester Daugherty Jr., 48, suffered critical injuries while performing maintenance...
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Kentucky officials have identified the man who died in a mining accident in Bell County, Kentucky, on Monday. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet said 56-year-old Jeffery Norman Slone of...
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Mine Safety and Health Administration District 10 100 YMCA Drive Madisonville, KY 42431 Robert A. Simms, District Manager OVERVIEW On Thursday, September 5, 2019, at approximately 2:50 p.m., Jeremy Elder, a 39-year-old continuous mining machine (CMM) helper, died when a battery-powered scoop struck him.
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(2) June 2, 2021: Marion County Coal Company, Marion County Mine, D00000403B, Marion County. Preliminary information indicates the victim, (Section Foreman), was fatally injured after being struck by a rib roll and pinned against a roof bolting machine while it was being used to install rib bolts. Investigative Report
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 28, 2018) — A 29-year-old coal miner was killed early Wednesday in a conveyer belt accident at a Harlan County mine. Hubert Grubbs, of Harlan, Ky., a pre-shifter/belt ...
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Mar 22, 2022HARLAN, Ky. -- Crews have recovered the body of a Kentucky coal miner missing after a roof collapsed deep underground, officials said. Officials recovered 33-year-old James D. Brown about 9 p.m ...
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There were three mining fatalities in Kentucky in 2020, according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration — one at a surface mine in Pike County Dec. 15, one at an Alliance-owned...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal jury has cleared four former coal company officials who were accused of skirting dust rules in two underground Kentucky mines. The jury in U.S. District Court in Louisville deliberated Wednesday for about two hours before returning not guilty verdicts. The trial was a rare attempt to prosecute coal company ...
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Mine Safety Accident Investigations The primary responsibility of the accident investigation team for the Division of Mine Safety (DMS) is to investigate all serious and fatal mining accidents within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Determining the cause of such accidents is crucial in achieving the desired goal of zero accidents.
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The Kentucky Department for Natural Resources, Division of Mine Safety, sent investigators to the mine Tuesday afternoon. "Our sympathy goes out to Mr. Collett's family for their loss. We will look carefully at what happened, and how it could have been prevented," said Kentucky Energy and Environment Secretary Rebecca Goodman.
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In 2000, a coal sludge impoundment owned by Massey Energy broke into an abandoned underground mine, oozing more than 300 million gallons of coal waste into tributaries in eastern Kentucky.
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from 1900 to 1945 there were more than 1,000 fatal injuries every year in coal mining alone, according to the u.s. department of labor mine safety and health administration (msha). 1 since the u.s. bureau of labor statistics (bls) began collecting fatal injury data in 1992, there have been no more than 60 fatal injuries in coal mining in any .
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The occurrence of three fatal incidents in 5 months was a departure from recent trends in underground coal mining safety. Before 2006, the number of mining disasters had decreased from a high of 20 in 1909 to an average of one every 4 years during 1985--2005. ... Most underground coal mines were concentrated in Kentucky, West Virginia, and ...
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WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the award of $1 million in Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety grant program funding to support education and training to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around the nation's mines. "We are seeing an increase in mining fatalities, particularly powered haulage ...
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West Virginia recorded its fifth mining death June 13, surpassing last year's total of three. Nine coal miners have been killed this year nationwide. A record low of eight died in 2016. Smith said...
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Mine safety advocates worry the numbers point to an upward trend in mining fatalities, with the first quarter of 2022 showing a 50% increase from the same timespan in 2021.
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Kentucky New Era, May 4, 1993. At about 9:13 a.m., September 13, 1989, an explosion occurred on Longwall Panel "O" between the 4th and 5th West entries off the first Main North entry, of Pyro Mining Company's Pyro No. 9 Slope, William Station Mine, located at Sullivan, Kentucky. Fourteen miners were present in the longwall recovery area at the ...
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Among them were 11 deaths in coal mines, including four in West Virginia and four in Kentucky, according to data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration. The coal mine total matched the ...
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1. Coal Mine Safety Act, Chapter 14.2 (§45.1-161.7 et seq.) of Title 45.1 of the Code of Virginia; 2. Virginia coal mine safety regulations; 3. Responsibilities of first class mine foreman; 4. Virginia coal mine safety policies and division operators' memos; and 5. Review of fatalities and accident trends in Virginia underground coal mines. H.
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May 6, 2010The U.S. Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration said it ordered six coal mines in Kentucky to close after an "inspection blitz" last month.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky authorities say a coal miner has died from injuries suffered last week at a mine in southeastern Kentucky. The state Energy and Environment Cabinet says Felix (Matt) North of Miracle died Thursday. North suffered the fatal injuries on May 22 while working at a Rex Coal Co. mine at Cumberland. Officials say the 48-year-old North...
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Training programs are provided to miners in mine safety, rescue and first aid. Mine foreman and fire boss certifications are administered through the Board of Examiners of Mine Personnel and production records are kept for coal and other minerals mined in Alabama. A large collection of underground mine maps dating back to the late 1800's are ...
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Official safety figures maintained by MSHA indicate that since 2002, US coal and mineral mines have reduced the rate of fatal injuries by 13% and the rate of non-fatal injuries by 26%. In recent years, NMA members have dedicated greater resources than ever to mine safety improvements, said Quinn.
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Oct 10, 2020Updated October 11, 2020 1:46 PM. By. A Kentucky coal miner died in an accident at a surface mine in Bell County Friday. Douglas Slusher, 48, was working as a hydroseeder at Double Mountain Mining ...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As the coal industry collapses in Kentucky, companies have racked up a rising number of violations at surface mines — yet state regulators have failed to bring a record ...
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Kaitlyn Shive. UNION COUNTY, KY. (WTVQ) - A Kentucky coal miner has died following an accident at an underground mine on Saturday. According to the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, 48 ...
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The Kentucky Department for Natural Resources, Division of Mine Safety, sent investigators to the site following the afternoon accident. All mining operations were shut down Thursday and ...
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The AP said Monday's accident was the fourth reported coal mining fatality in the U.S. this year. West Virginia had two of those deaths and the others were in Indiana and Kentucky, the AP report said.
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Feb 19, 2016Small's appointment comes as Kentucky's coal production is at its lowest in 62 years. Coal mining fatalities have also declined as mines have been shut down. The coal-mining industry set a record...
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Jan 8, 2015LOUISVILLE — Fatal coal-mining accidents hit a historic low across the nation in 2014, dropping from 20 in 2013 to 16 in 2014, according to a count released this week by the U.S. Mine Safety and ...
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Jan 30, 1971WASHINGTON, Jan. 29—The United States Bureau of Mines said‐ today that the coal mine explosion that killed 38 men near Hyden, Ky., last month was caused by so many viola tions of Federal ...
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Division of Mine Safety Annual Report Filter(s): Licenses: AR Year: Equals 2021 Accidents Serious Company Mine Operator SFN Location Tonnage Men Empyd Days Wrkd Seam Name Seam Hgt Reportable Fatal Total 5/10/2022 2:44:07 PM 1 of 22 Harlan District ... Auger Surface Truck Coal JRC Mining Inc HighwallMiner 1 Charlie Collins 18903-3 Garrett 9,063 ...
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The applicant must have approval from the WV Division of Labor, be in compliance with Workers' Compensation Division and Employment Security Division. The applicant must also have an approved comprehensive safety program with WVMHS&T. There is a $100.00 filing fee. There is an application package on our forms page.
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