Mining Incidents

1 Coal

PLATINUM ENERGY LLC · Underground
Controlled by Bill C Smith
Ransom, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519057

1 has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $51K 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 2006
221
citations
83
significant & substantial
$51,400
proposed penalties
$204
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $51,196 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
30
inspections on record
1,358
inspection hours
16.3
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.
221 citations across 1,358 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

1 has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $51K 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.
$51K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$204
paid to date
$51K
outstanding
197 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-04-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.38 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 47 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.
0.38
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.34
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
47
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-17.
Silica (quartz)
11.0
silica avg (%)
18.6
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-24.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-08-24.
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
2019 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q1 440 4 0 9090.9
2008 Q4 13,240 42 9 3172.2
2008 Q3 10,192 45 18 4415.2

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.

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