Tracy Stumbo, chief accident investigator OMSL

The mission of this agency is to insure that all coal miners in the Commonwealth have a safe working environment.  To that end, we strive to foster safe work practices that will ensure that each coal miner returns home uninjured.  
    
Unfortunately, even with the efforts of this agency and the mining industry, coal mining accidents and fatalities do occur.  KRS 352.180 requires that all serious and fatal accidents must be reported to the Office of Mine Safety and Licensing (OMSL) immediately.  Please see the Mine Emergency page for events that meet this requirement. A toll free number has been established to expedite rescue efforts in the event of a mine emergency.  The number, 1-877-MINE-911 is manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week.    
           
A serious accident is defined as an injury which has a reasonable potential to cause death.  When a serious or fatal accident is reported to OMSL, a trained accident investigating team is immediately dispatched to the mine site to conduct an investigation.  The investigating team, under the supervision of the chief accident investigator, will gather information about the accident and generate a written report of the accident.  A representative of OMSL will review the accident report with a company official and the victim and/or victim's family at the completion of the report.  The report will then be filed in the OMSL Frankfort office for future record of the accident. 

All completed serious and fatal accident reports filed in the OMSL Frankfort office are subject to open records requests before being released publicly. 

For questions concerning accident investigation or accident reports, please call me at (606) 285-3227.

Thank you,

Tracy Stumbo
Chief Accident Investigator

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