Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Bitco Resources Inc · Surface
Controlled by Kevin R Yonts
Jenkins, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519517

#1 has $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $59K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
May 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
176
citations
52
significant & substantial
$62,449
proposed penalties
$3,477
paid to date
6% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $58,972 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
28
inspections on record
973
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: 973 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 $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $59K outstanding across 1 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.
$62K
proposed penalties
$62K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$59K
outstanding
171 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.29 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 23 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.
0.29
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.90
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-06-05.
Silica (quartz)
7.3
silica avg (%)
7.3
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-01-27.
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
2012 Q3 0 9 0
2012 Q2 3,158 85 27 26915.8
2012 Q1 4,028 53 17 13157.9
2011 Q4 3,542 10 4 2823.3
2010 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 1 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

May 21, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bitco Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Wet, muddy Miner slipped on loose structure entangling right foot in structure.

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