Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Stanmark Mining Inc · Underground
Allen, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516801

#1 has $175K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1990–2011
Latest incident
Feb 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
427
citations
172
significant & substantial
$175,355
proposed penalties
$24,432
paid to date
14% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $150,923 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
62
inspections on record
2,235
inspection hours
19.1
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.
427 citations across 2,235 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 has $175K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151K outstanding across 1 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.
$175K
proposed penalties
$175K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$151K
outstanding
407 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.59 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 100 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.
0.59
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.70
dust max (mg/m3)
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
100
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-06-17.
Silica (quartz)
1.1
silica avg (%)
2.0
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-06-06.
Noise
0%
over PEL
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-03-22.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 11 1
2012 Q2 80 2 0 25000.0
2012 Q1 0 2 0
2011 Q4 120 2 1 16666.7
2011 Q3 5,818 5 0 859.4
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 5,537 14 7 2528.4
2011 Q1 2,562 79 45 30835.3
2010 Q4 480 24 9 50000.0
2010 Q3 2,400 3 2 1250.0
2010 Q2 128 1 0 7812.5
2009 Q4 11,532 58 24 5029.5
2009 Q3 7,483 43 15 5746.4
2009 Q2 12,275 25 11 2036.7
2009 Q1 12,873 42 17 3262.6
2008 Q4 17,393 48 15 2759.7
2008 Q3 5,859 25 9 4266.9
2008 Q2 4,060 1 0 246.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2011 · 1 incident

February 11, 2011 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management OTHER
Whitnick & P Coal Co., LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mine foreman was found unresponsive at about 2:40 pm by the roof bolter operator. He was then transported to the surface where he was pronounced dead by Floyd Co Ky Coroner. At this time the cause has not been determined by the Ky Medical Examiner.

2009 · 1 incident

March 10, 2009 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C & D Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Roof bolting and a draw rock (1 1/2' x 2' round x 1"-3" thick) fell striking employee on neck & lower back.

1991 · 2 incidents

June 28, 1991 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Woodland Hills Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BACKING UP CUTTER CATCHING FOOT BETWEEN A ROCK THE CUTTER BENDING STEEL TOE BOOT BACK CAUSING SKIN TO BE CUTTER OFF LEAVING BONE.

1990 · 6 incidents

September 18, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Woodland Hills Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PUTTING LAST ROOF BOLT INPIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS & HITTING LEFT FOOT.

August 27, 1990 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Woodland Hills Mining Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

POURING AND SPREADING CONCRETE FOR ROADWAY.

August 4, 1990 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Woodland Hills Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF ROCK WAS UNDER ROOF BOLTER HEAD. WHILE GETTING ROCK FROM UNDER HEAD, HE HELD HIS HAND OVER DRILL STEEL AND HE HIT BOOM LIFT LEVER WITH HIS BODY.

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The full compliance file on #1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.