Mining Incidents

Mine #7 Coal

Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518252

Mine #7 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $972 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
2000
Latest incident
Jun 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
11
significant & substantial
$1,463
proposed penalties
$421
paid to date
29% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,042 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
105
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: 105 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 #7 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $972 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$421
paid to date
$972
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-06-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine #7 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.21 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 3 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.
0.21
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.34
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-07-15.
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
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 836 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,014 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,987 17 11 8555.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

June 28, 2000 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Simp-A-Lex Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HELPING ANOTHER WORKER PULL A SUCTION HOSE OUT. NOT REPORTED TILL 8/7/00.

June 13, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Simp-A-Lex Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKERS HAND SLIPPED OFF OA A BINDER AND THE BINDER FLEW INTO THE WORKERS FACE.

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