Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

TLT Resources Corporation · Underground
Controlled by Gerald K Thacker
Coleman, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519246

#1 has $61K in proposed MSHA penalties and $44K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008–2009
Latest incident
Mar 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
212
citations
90
significant & substantial
$61,237
proposed penalties
$16,888
paid to date
28% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $44,349 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
21
inspections on record
1,059
inspection hours
20.0
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.
212 citations across 1,059 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 has $61K in proposed MSHA penalties and $44K 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.
$61K
proposed penalties
$61K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$44K
outstanding
204 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-01-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.36 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 60 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.
0.36
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.43
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
60
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-12-14.
Noise
0%
over PEL
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-11-20.
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
2009 Q3 6,344 28 17 4413.6
2009 Q2 4,059 3 2 739.1
2009 Q1 3,447 75 33 21758.1
2008 Q4 4,478 34 12 7592.7
2008 Q3 2,162 27 12 12488.4
2008 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 1 incident

March 10, 2009 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
KiMara Coal Co LLC · Struck by falling object

Roof Bolting and employee states the ATRS fell striking employee. Alleged Accident investigated by mine foreman and no sign of inoperable or malfunction ATRS found.

2008 · 1 incident

September 16, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
KiMara Coal Co LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was operating cutter. He had cut the reel valve off by mistake, and was trying to pull cable by hand.

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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.