Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Cody Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Robert C Ratliff
McDowell, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517373

#1 has $557K in proposed MSHA penalties and $547K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1994–2003
Latest incident
Jun 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
196
citations
105
significant & substantial
$557,420
proposed penalties
$10,160
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $547,260 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,771
inspection hours
11.1
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.
196 citations across 1,771 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 has $557K in proposed MSHA penalties and $547K 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.
$557K
proposed penalties
$557K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$547K
outstanding
193 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-03-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.66 mg/m3 (92% compliant) across 244 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.
0.66
dust avg (mg/m3)
6.17
dust max (mg/m3)
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
244
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-05-30.
Silica (quartz)
5.7
silica avg (%)
8.6
silica max (%)
26
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-02-05.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-01-07.
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
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 2 0
2004 Q1 0 3 2
2003 Q4 0 72 60
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 3,581 6 2 1675.5
2003 Q1 4,210 4 0 950.1
2002 Q4 4,070 5 0 1228.5
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 2,575 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,459 6 2 1099.1
2002 Q1 5,492 5 0 910.4
2001 Q4 5,937 5 0 842.2
2001 Q3 6,281 9 2 1432.9
2001 Q2 6,184 10 3 1617.1
2001 Q1 6,647 26 13 3911.5
2000 Q4 7,000 22 7 3142.9
2000 Q3 7,457 11 7 1475.1
2000 Q2 7,648 7 5 915.3
2000 Q1 8,692 3 2 345.1

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 13, 2003 KY · Coal drill helper Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Cody Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

AT 12:30 PM A RIGHT BREAK OFF THE #4 ENTRY SHOT OUT THROUGH AN EXISTING HOLE IN THE RIB OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SHOT INTO THE PARALLEL BREAK, SHOOTING COAL ONTO THE DRILL OPERATOR, DRILL HELP ER AND SHOT FIRER.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2003 · 2 incidents

June 13, 2003 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey

AT 12:30 PM A RIGHT BREAK OFF THE #4 ENTRY SHOT OUT THROUGH AND EXISTING HOLE OR DUCKS NEST INTO A BREAK RUNNING PARALLEL TO, SHOOTING COAL ONTO THE SHOT FIRER.

June 13, 2003 KY · Coal driller operator

AT 12:30 PM A RIGHT BREAK OFF THE #4 ENTRY SHOT OUT THROUGH A EXISTING WHOLE OR A DUCKS NEST INTO A BREAK RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE BREAK BEING SHOT.

1994 · 1 incident

March 3, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hood'S Fork Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP DRIVER WAS LEAVING THE DUMP WHEN HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE RIB & CAUGHT HIS HEAD.

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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.