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#1 Mine: 247 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by James A Hubbard
Cornettsville, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517963

#1 Mine has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $37K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1998–2000
Latest incident
Oct 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
247
citations
103
significant & substantial
$37,228
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $37,228 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cornettsville Coal Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
926
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: 926 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 Mine has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $37K 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$37K
outstanding
235 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-03-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
43.8%
significant & substantial
3.8%
high negligence or reckless
43.8%
reasonably likely or greater
11.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.9% none, 4.7% low, 90.6% moderate, 3.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 Mine shows 74% of 85 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2000-09-13, 25 years ago
74%
within 1.5 mg/m3
85
samples
5.73
dust max (mg/m3)
41 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 44 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR24
  • MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR9
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)5

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2000-09-20, 25 years ago
2.5
silica avg (%)
11
samples
5.8
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR4
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2000-07-21, 26 years ago
0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR4
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)2
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

#1 Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Parcoal Inc 1997 to 1999
  2. Cornettsville Coal Company 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2001 0
2000 20 81,424
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

#1 Mine sits in Perry County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Perry County, Kentucky · Population 27,847
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$45,261
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 6,304 44 18 6979.7
2000 Q3 0 43 18
2000 Q2 13,415 125 51 9317.9
2000 Q1 11,115 25 12 2249.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2000 · 4 incidents

1999 · 3 incidents

November 29, 1999 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Cornettsville Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING SCOOP AND HIT A DEEP HOLE IN BOTTOM CAUSING HEAD TO HIT CANOPY ON SCOOP

1998 · 3 incidents

August 16, 1998 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Parcoal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SITTING CRIBS HIT BY SCOOP ON RIGHT LEG & KNEE.

April 15, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Parcoal Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL INJURING LEFT ARM AND WRIST.