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.
500 citations across 2,817 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
#1 has $128K in proposed MSHA penalties and $126K 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.
$128K
proposed penalties
$128K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$126K
outstanding
477 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-12-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at #1 shows 91% of 332 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2005-06-16, 21 years ago
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
332
samples
4.98
dust max (mg/m3)
171 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 161 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
#1 recorded 5.79 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
5.79
total case rate
5.79
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
About average. The US coal mining average was 5.57 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.89 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2004 *
5.79
5.79
0.000
2002 *
9.66
9.66
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2006
0
2005
8
28,194
2004
16
91,801
2003
11
89,165
2002
13
111,485
2001
18
76,326
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
#1 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
EE WAS LOADING HIGHLINE CABLE INTO SCOOP BUCKET AND PUT HIS FOOT UNDER THE SCOOP BUCKET. THE SCOOP OPERATOR LET THE BUCKET DOWN ON EE'S FOOT AND BROKE THE 3 MIDDLE TOES ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
March 24, 2005KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE CAME OUTSIDE AT END OF SHIFT ON 3/23/05 COMPLAINING KNEE WAS HURTING. WE TOLD EE WORKERS COMP WOULD NOT COVER SORE KNEES. EE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 3/24/05, WORKED ABOUT 3 HRS AND SAID EE HURT BACK SHOVELING AROUND A BELT DRIVE
2004 · 1 incident
July 14, 2004KY · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE GRABBED A ROCK TO GET IT OFF THE FEEDER WHILE THE FEEDER WAS RUNNING. THE ROCK KICKED UP & FOULED HIS HAND AGAINST THE ROOF, BRUISING HIS HAND AND CUTTING HIS FINGERS.
PRE-SHIFT MINE EXAMINER FOUND INTERSECTION OF #8 HEADING BELLIED DOWN IN LAST CROSSCUT TO FACE. ENTRY WAS CRIBBED OFF AT MOUTH OF PLACE. PRESHIFTED ABOUT 6:30 AM. FELL AT ABOUT 12:30 PM.
May 14, 2003KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
SCOOP OPERATOR WAS TAKING SCOOP TO BATTERY BARN TO CHANGE BATTERIES WHEN SOME DRAW ROCK FELL IN OPERATOR'S DECK AND ON EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS BRUISED ON SOME PARTS OF BODY.
February 28, 2003KY · Coaldiscontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator
EE WAS USING SCOOP TO CLEAN UNDER BELT. BELT WAS HUNG IN HIGH TOP AND AS HE SCOOPED UNDER BELT AND BACKED UP FROM HIGH TOP TO LOW TOP, HIS JACKET HOOKED ON A ROOF BOLT PLATE AND IT DRAGGED HIM OFF OF THE SCOOP, BREAKING HIS WRIST.
2002 · 1 incident
November 15, 2002KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WE WERE USING A SCOOP, WIRE ROPE AND A PULL BLOCK TO PULL CONVEYER BELT TOGETHER WHEN A CHAIN HOLDING THE PULL BLOCK BROKE LETTING THE WIRE ROPE LOOSE. THE WIRE ROPE PINNED EE AGAINST RIB AND BRUISED HIM.
TURNED A BREAK IN #6 ENTRY. CLEANED IT UP WNET BACK TO BOLT IT AND FOUND A 40' CRACK IN ROOF. PUT UP 5' BOLTS TO SPOT BOLT WITH. BOLTER MAN BACKED OUT OF ENTRY AT ABOUT 1400 TO LET ROOF SETTLE . IT FELL AT 1445.
1999 · 1 incident
June 4, 1999KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Triple J Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, BOLTER OPERATOR WAS TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN ROOF BOLT AND PLATE CAUGHT BOLTER OPERATOR'S LEFT HAND RING FINGER WITH MINOR LACERATION.
VICTIM WAS ELIMINATING THE TENSION/PRESSURE ON A RED DEVIL WINCHING DEVICE WHEN THE HANDLE SLIPPED STRIKING HIM IN THE SHOULDER NECK AREA CAUSING AN ABRASION IN THE AREA VICTIM RETURNED TO WOR K NEXT SHIFT
1994 · 3 incidents
September 22, 1994KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
THE MEN WERE INSTALLING SOME BELT STRUCTURE WHEN THE LEG ON THE BELT STRUCTURE KRILLED CATCHING THE END OF HIS EE FINGER BETWEEN THE BELT STRUCTURE WERE THAT HOLDS BELT ON.
EE SAYS HE HURT HIS BACK OTHER WAS NOT INFORMED OF EE HURTING HIS BACK ON JAN 28,1994. EE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK BY PULLING ON THE CUTTER CABLE BUT HE DID NOT TELL ME OTHER ABOUT ANY OF THE ABO VE.
1993 · 5 incidents
November 15, 1993KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY