Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Adella Coal, Inc · Underground
Controlled by Kennedy King
Mousie, Knott County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1518793

#1 has $959K in proposed MSHA penalties and $737K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2004–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
1,451
citations
426
significant & substantial
$958,701
proposed penalties
$220,853
paid to date
23% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $737,849 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
117
inspections on record
10,384
inspection hours
14.0
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.
1,451 citations across 10,384 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 has $959K in proposed MSHA penalties and $737K outstanding across 2 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.
$959K
proposed penalties
$958K
current assessed
$221K
paid to date
$737K
outstanding
1,395 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.50 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 1,058 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.
0.50
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.53
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1,058
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-01.
Silica (quartz)
3.9
silica avg (%)
13.6
silica max (%)
50
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-01-15.
Noise
0%
over PEL
113
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-12-09.
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
2025 Q4 6,450 18 4 2790.7
2025 Q3 6,453 26 3 4029.1
2025 Q2 6,450 44 12 6821.7
2025 Q1 6,449 23 4 3566.4
2024 Q4 6,447 22 3 3412.4
2024 Q3 6,449 29 10 4496.8
2024 Q2 6,455 24 11 3718.0
2024 Q1 6,448 14 3 2171.2
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,453 17 4 2634.4
2023 Q2 6,459 27 6 4180.2
2023 Q1 6,455 15 4 2323.8
2022 Q4 6,459 19 8 2941.6
2022 Q3 8,320 41 17 4927.9
2022 Q2 6,760 20 3 2958.6
2022 Q1 6,240 22 2 3525.6
2021 Q4 6,840 23 5 3362.6
2021 Q3 7,280 27 14 3708.8
2021 Q2 5,720 29 7 5069.9
2021 Q1 7,280 35 9 4807.7
2020 Q4 5,180 47 10 9073.4
2020 Q3 7,160 19 3 2653.6
2020 Q2 5,400 14 2 2592.6
2020 Q1 5,698 21 4 3685.5
2019 Q4 8,636 28 4 3242.2
2019 Q3 10,688 13 0 1216.3
2019 Q2 10,335 23 7 2225.4
2019 Q1 10,215 32 7 3132.6
2018 Q4 7,889 32 15 4056.3
2018 Q3 8,219 28 5 3406.7
2018 Q2 7,783 29 4 3726.1
2018 Q1 4,140 19 4 4589.4
2017 Q4 1,664 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q1 6,720 75 26 11160.7
2008 Q4 7,680 75 20 9765.6
2008 Q3 7,489 27 9 3605.3
2008 Q2 7,680 44 25 5729.2
2008 Q1 9,600 57 23 5937.5
2007 Q4 12,600 32 13 2539.7
2007 Q3 10,184 41 14 4025.9
2007 Q2 12,960 51 13 3935.2
2007 Q1 10,557 6 0 568.3
2006 Q4 8,800 31 4 3522.7
2006 Q3 2,431 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,805 10 8 1722.7
2005 Q3 12,123 9 5 742.4
2005 Q2 4,371 25 13 5719.5
2005 Q1 9,012 26 8 2885.0
2004 Q4 8,014 30 13 3743.4
2004 Q3 973 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2025 · 1 incident

October 13, 2025 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Adella Coal, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was tramming up #7 Entry on company #2 scoop caught head against rib causing a laceration.

2019 · 1 incident

May 24, 2019 KY · Coal miner, nec MACHINERY
Adella Coal, Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Watching head drive and reached around guards to remove a piece of coal. Thumb got caught in belt on #3 head drive.

2009 · 1 incident

February 17, 2009 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Double A Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Dumping coal on dump. Piece of rock caught his hand against the metal choker plates and mashed hand cutting some of his fingers.

2007 · 1 incident

April 13, 2007 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double A Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was found on ground by another scoop man while changing batteries on scoop. Told him that he was shoveling out battery tray and back went out. Told foreman same thing.

2006 · 1 incident

November 6, 2006 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Double A Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hand drill slum caught finger cut out of finger bad.

2005 · 1 incident

October 13, 2005 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Double A Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Got hand caught on bolter steel where it connects together.

2004 · 1 incident

December 13, 2004 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C&S Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HOLDING THE WIPE DOWN ON #1 HEAD DRIVE WHILE THEY WERE BUMPING THE BELT BACK TO GET A CHAIN OUT OF THE TAILPIECE AND PINCHED HIS RING FINGER & MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND BREAKING THE RING FINGER BETWEEN THE 1ST & 2ND JOINT AND CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER TAKING 8 STITCHES.

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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.