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: 18 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine #8 has $55 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$55
proposed penalties
$55
current assessed
$55
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-03-16.
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.
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)
2000
0
1999
34
215,151
1998
44
279,004
1997
47
244,010
1996
60
447,413
1995
52
521,549
1994
57
493,668
1993
34
409,963
1992
19
285,366
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Mine #8 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #7 ENTRY IN BY SPAD #3051 ON THE MMU ON 4-D. THE FALL WAS APPROX 50'HIGH BY 18' WIDE BY 18' LENGTH ON THE RIGHT, 10'ON THE LEFT. ENTRANCES WERE DANGERED OFF.
EE WAS AT POWER CENTER WATCHING S/C WHEN HE SAID HE TURNED TO LOOK AT POWER CENTER WHEN MINER CUT HEAD FELL OUT OF RECEPTACLE& FLASHED BRIGHT LIGHT IN LEFT EYE.
February 17, 1999KY · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS STACKING CARTONS OF WATER IN SHED. HE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP ANOTHER CARTON STARTED TO RISE UP WITH CARTON AND TWISTED AROUND TO STACK CARTON WHEN HE SAID HE FELT A CATCH IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP. PUT BOLT UP, THEN LET ATRS DOWN TO RESET FOIR NEXT BOLYT. HE WAS NOT IN THE CLEAR WHEN HE PULED LEVER TO LET ATRS DOWN AND IT CONTACTED HIS HEAD.
June 8, 1998KY · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
EE WAS SERVICING MINER WHEN HE SAID THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK. EE SAID HE WAS CARRYING RUNYON BUCKET AROUND MINER AFTER THAT HE SAID HIS BACK WAS HURTING. EE SAID HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE EXACT TIME THAT HE HURT HIS BACK
April 10, 1998KY · Coalmotorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
2 EMPLOYEES WERE HANGING MINER CABLE. INJURED BENT OVER AND STARTED TO PICK UP MINER CABLE. AS HE RAISED UP HE STATED THAT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
VICTIME WAS SITTING DOWN EATING LUNCH. WHEN HE STOOF UP SAID HE HAD VERY SEVERE BACK PAIN. MAN SAID PULLED MINER CABLE BEFORE LUNCH, SAT DOWN, WENT TO GET UP AND BACK HURT.
October 17, 1996KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
MINER OPERATOR WAS STARTING TO TAKE FIRST CUT OUT OF BREAK WHEN A ROCK 2' X2' X 1" FELL BETWEEN FIRST BOLT AND RIB STRIKING HIM ON HEAD AND' SHOULDER. (DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 9-11-96) DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 9-11-96
SUBJECT WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN BOLT UP IN ROOF BOLTER DRILL HEAD, WHEN THE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED STRIKING HIM IN THE LIP. THE SUBJECT SUFFERED A CUT LIP, REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
INJURED AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE SERVICING THE JOY 14 CM 15 MINER ON THE 001 SECTION #4 ENTRY. COAL POPPED OFF OF RIB AND STRUCK INJURED'S LEFTHAND AGAINST MINER.
February 10, 1995KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS HAULING COAL TO FEEDER AND HIT A HOLE AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK. CK IT AND IT HAD A RED SPOT ON IT. WHEN HE CAME TO ME HE WAS WALKING AND LOOKED OK.
June 29, 1993KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderMACHINERY
INJURED WAS DRILLING HOLE TO PUT UP STRAP WHEN NPIECE OF ROCK 2' X 1' X 3" FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING INJURED ON RIGHT KNEE. INJURED HAS BRUISED KNEE ABLE TO RETURN 7-5-93.
May 11, 1993KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT PUSING BOLT WITH HOLE. INJURED REMOVED FOR UP PRESSURE LEVER AND HIT ROTATION LEVE.R HIS GLOVE HAND WAS IN ROOF BOLT PLATE AND WHEN PALTE SPRONED AROUND HIS ARM WAS TWISTED AROUND BOLT. BRUSIHG BOTH BONE IN RIGHT FOREARM.
May 7, 1993KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
INJURED WAS WALKING UP BELTLINE CARRYING BAG OF ROCK DUST WHEN HE STEPPED ON ROCK TURNING RT FOOT DR TOLD INJURED TO RETURN 4-28-93 AND SAID HE HAD BRUISED ANKLE.
March 16, 1993KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
SECTION ROOF DRILL CANOPY HUNG UP IN THE TUBEAL HOSING JACK THAT OPERATED THE CANOPY EXTENDED DOWNWARD BUT THE HOUSING WAS HUNG THE OPERATOR WAS UNAWARE OF THE MALFUNCTION THE CANOPY FELL DOWN WARD APPROX 1FT & STRUCK OPERATOR ONTOP OF HEAD STOVED HIS NECK UP EE WORK REST OF SHIFT & 2 HRS OF NEXT SHIFT
January 20, 1993KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)POWERED HAULAGE
Diablo Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TRAMMING FEEDER DOWN #5 ENTRY APP 10 BK'S OUTBY FACE.
1992 · 1 incident
October 6, 1992KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS