Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Three Bells, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Ronald L Gray
Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517074

#1 has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Jul 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
274
citations
98
significant & substantial
$20,408
proposed penalties
$1,011
paid to date
5% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,397 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
94
inspections on record
2,221
inspection hours
12.3
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.
274 citations across 2,221 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 0 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$19K
outstanding
261 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.38 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 258 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.
0.38
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.66
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
258
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-03-30.
Silica (quartz)
4.8
silica avg (%)
9.5
silica max (%)
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-05-17.
Noise
3%
over PEL
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-03-20.
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
2007 Q2 1,572 6 2 3816.8
2007 Q1 3,478 4 0 1150.1
2006 Q4 2,913 11 3 3776.2
2006 Q3 2,315 11 8 4751.6
2006 Q2 3,798 5 1 1316.5
2006 Q1 1,278 16 14 12519.6
2005 Q4 3,200 3 0 937.5
2005 Q3 1,408 4 2 2840.9
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 6,102 8 4 1311.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1996 · 1 incident

July 29, 1996 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE LIFTED A RUBRAIL ON THE SIDE OF THE MINER EARLIER THIS MORNING. LATER IN THE DAY AS THE MINER WAS BACKING OUT OF THE CUT, THE EE WAS PULLING A WATER LINE AND FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

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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.