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#1: 192 MSHA citations Coal

R V Mining, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Randall G Vance
Teaberry, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518470

#1 has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $33K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
192
citations
93
significant & substantial
$34,113
proposed penalties
$1,204
paid to date
4% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $32,909 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See R V Mining, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
55
inspections on record
1,262
inspection hours
15.2
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.
192 citations across 1,262 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $33K 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$33K
outstanding
186 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-06-08.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
51.6%
reasonably likely or greater
8.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.0% low, 88.2% moderate, 4.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows 91% of 152 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: 2005-02-23, 21 years ago
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
152
samples
5.11
dust max (mg/m3)
64 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 88 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR83
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR15
  • COAL DRILL OPERATOR10

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2005-01-20, 21 years ago
2.2
silica avg (%)
10
samples
3.5
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR7
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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.

Last sampled: 2005-01-12, 21 years ago
0%
over PEL
23
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)5
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR5
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR4
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2005 100% 11
2004 95% 43
2003 94% 33
2002 88% 60
2001 60% 5
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2005 1.9 1
2004 2.5 4
2003 1.8 1
2002 2.1 4
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2005 0% 5
2004 0% 5
2003 0% 2
2002 0% 11
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

#1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.

Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.87 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 6.65 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.
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.
Ownership history
  1. B & R Coal Co., Inc. 2001 to 2002
  2. R V Mining, LLC 2002 to present
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)
2005 6 8,771
2004 10 35,346
2003 15 44,532
2002 23 55,843
2001 6 4,106
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q1 4,012 12 3 2991.0
2004 Q4 6,302 14 9 2221.5
2004 Q3 6,116 13 8 2125.6
2004 Q2 5,452 16 7 2934.7
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 3 2
2003 Q3 2,322 32 15 13781.2
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 9,349 47 29 5027.3
2003 Q1 9,762 1 1 102.4
2002 Q4 10,106 4 3 395.8
2002 Q3 6,113 25 12 4089.6
2002 Q2 11,166 3 0 268.7
2001 Q4 2,443 5 1 2046.7

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.