Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Marion Energy Llc · Surface
Controlled by James A Sigmon
Holmes Mill, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518372

#1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Jul 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
34
citations
13
significant & substantial
$6,619
proposed penalties
$4,981
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,638 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
21
inspections on record
361
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 361 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-05-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 34 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.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.92
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
34
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-07-11.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-03-26.
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
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 10,482 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 13,282 7 2 527.0
2003 Q1 13,076 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 17,174 4 2 232.9
2002 Q3 13,484 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 18,702 3 0 160.4
2002 Q1 18,954 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 17,513 5 3 285.5
2001 Q3 15,459 15 6 970.3
2001 Q2 6,261 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2003 · 4 incidents

July 1, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marion Energy Llc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A WATER LEAK ON A VALVO HAUL TRUCK. HE FELL OFF THE TRUCK, RESULTING IN A BROKEN WRIST.

June 2, 2003 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
Marion Energy Llc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING A 1997 CHEVY BLAZER IN BIG STONE GAP, THE LUG NUTS CAME OFF & A REAR TIRE CAME OFF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. EE STATED HE HAD HURT HIS BACK. EE DID NOT GET MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 6/30/03.

May 29, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE SERVICE TRUCK. HE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

May 23, 2003 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor

EE WAS OPERATING A CHEVROLET PU TRUCK ON THE JERICOL PREP PLANT HAUL RD. THE TRUCK WAS DRIVEN OVER THE BERM & TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE RESULTING IN A BROKEN VERTEBRAE IN EE'S BACK

2002 · 1 incident

December 26, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marion Energy Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PUTTING A PUMP ON A HAUL TRUCK. AT A LATER DATE HE STATED HE HAD HURT HIS BACK. HE STATED HE HAD HURT HIS BACK ON 12/26/02. HE DID SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 2/24/03.

2001 · 1 incident

August 11, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Marion Energy Llc · Struck against a moving object

EE BACKED THE HAUL TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING OVER THE HILL AT THE DUMP OVER TURNING THE TRUCK RESULTING IN A CUT TO 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.