Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Genesis Coal Corporation · Underground
Craynor, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518779

#1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2006–2007
Latest incident
Apr 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
76
citations
37
significant & substantial
$15,394
proposed penalties
$13,094
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
19
inspections on record
543
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: 543 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 $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
73 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.49 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 54 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.
0.49
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.74
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
54
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-03-01.
Silica (quartz)
1.0
silica avg (%)
1.1
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-09-12.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-11-21.
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 2,695 3 3 1113.2
2007 Q1 13,666 8 3 585.4
2006 Q4 19,708 18 10 913.3
2006 Q3 20,101 24 12 1194.0
2006 Q2 17,061 14 8 820.6
2006 Q1 4,400 4 1 909.1
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 1,647 4 0 2428.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

April 2, 2007 KY · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Genesis Coal Corporation · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was pulling belt at cutter and fell into a roof bolter striking his right shoulder and wrist. This resulted in a chipped bone in wrist.

January 2, 2007 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Genesis Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

operating a scoop and hit a pot hole, causing batterylight to strike worker in (r) rib cage.

2006 · 1 incident

December 18, 2006 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Genesis Coal Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on a scoop charger cable, was peeling cable with a knife. The knife slipped and cut left thumb.

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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.