Sugarloaf, Floyd County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516492
#1 has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $32K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
39
Years on record
1989–2005
Latest incident
Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
283
citations
149
significant & substantial
$53,359
proposed penalties
$21,296
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $32,063 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
75
inspections on record
1,762
inspection hours
16.1
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.
283 citations across 1,762 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
#1 has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $32K outstanding across 4 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$32K
outstanding
276 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-07-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.63 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 286 samples.
Health sampling
ⓘ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.
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
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
5,475
1
1
182.6
2006 Q4
8,883
22
17
2476.6
2006 Q3
9,347
12
5
1283.8
2006 Q2
8,507
27
8
3173.9
2006 Q1
8,860
20
12
2257.3
2005 Q4
7,711
12
6
1556.2
2005 Q3
8,320
6
2
721.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2
7,473
17
11
2274.9
2005 Q1
5,940
13
6
2188.6
2004 Q4
4,427
10
6
2258.9
2004 Q2
5,963
11
7
1844.7
2004 Q1
4,333
5
0
1153.9
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
360
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
520
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
240
3
2
12500.0
2001 Q2
8,467
3
1
354.3
2001 Q1
8,046
14
9
1740.0
2000 Q4
8,001
52
29
6499.2
2000 Q3
11,730
31
18
2642.8
2000 Q2
8,077
5
2
619.0
2000 Q1
2,862
6
0
2096.4
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
November 28, 1992KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING MINE BUGGY DOWN THE BELT LINE WHEN IT SUDDENLY STOPPED RUNNING. HE BEGAN TO WORK ON THE DIRECTIONAL SWITCH WHEN THE BUGGY JUMPED IN REVERSE, THEREFORE PUSHING EMPLOYEE'S HEAD BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER.
Destine Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SCOOP BATTERIES WERE BEING CHANGED AND BEING PLACED ON CRIB BLOCKS. EE WA STANDING ALONGSIDE OF THE BATTERY AND ONE OF THE BLOCKS KICKED OUT LETTING THE BATTERY SETONTO HIS TOE. THE WEIGHT OF THE BATTERY WAS PUSHING THE METAL AGAINST HIS LARGE TOE, RESULTING IN CRUSHING ONLY THE BONE IN HIS LARGE TOE.
1996 · 1 incident
April 23, 1996KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJUURED WAS SITTING ON A BATTERY CHARGINING STATION, APP.2000' UNDERGROUND, TALKING TO THE DAY SHIFT FOREMAN, GAS BUILT UP ON TOP OF THE BATTERY & EXPLODED KNOCKING THE INJURED PERSO TO THE F LOOR INJURING HIS HIP.
August 9, 1993KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
CHANGING FLAT ON SCOOP COULDNT GET TIRE ON TRIED LIFTING TIRE BY HAND,COAL SEAM TOO LOW,MINER IN BAD POSITION TO LIFT TIRE AND STRAINED HIMSELF CAUSING HERNIA.
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