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17-West Preparation Plant: 90 MSHA citations Coal

LCC Kentucky LLC · Facility
Lovely, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518120

17-West Preparation Plant has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1999–2001
Latest incident
Mar 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
90
citations
54
significant & substantial
$13,008
proposed penalties
$12,948
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See LCC Kentucky LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
999
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: 999 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

17-West Preparation Plant has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-06-21.
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.
62.1%
significant & substantial
2.3%
high negligence or reckless
62.1%
reasonably likely or greater
1.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.4% low, 94.3% moderate, 2.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at 17-West Preparation Plant shows 100% of 44 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: 2003-12-30, 22 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
44
samples
1.48
dust max (mg/m3)
42 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 2 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER8
  • WEIGHMAN6
  • CAR TRIMMER/CAR LOADER4

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: 2003-11-19, 22 years ago
0%
over PEL
18
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • CRUSHER ATTENDANT3
  • ELECTRICIAN3
  • WEIGHMAN3
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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 by year
ⓘ 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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2003 100% 7
2002 100% 14
2001 100% 8
2000 100% 15
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2003 0% 4
2002 0% 9
2001 0% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

17-West Preparation Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 7.69 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 3.22 3.22 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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. 17 West Mining Inc 1998 to 2004
  2. LCC Kentucky LLC 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 0
2008 0
2007 0
2006 0
2005 0
2004 2
2003 6
2002 6
2001 12
2000 26
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

17-West Preparation Plant sits in Martin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 8.0% 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.
Martin County, Kentucky · Population 11,181
8.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,185
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
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 2 1
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 370 2 0 5405.4
2004 Q1 2,371 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,322 4 2 1204.1
2003 Q3 3,772 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,878 2 1 515.7
2003 Q1 4,021 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,836 4 2 1042.8
2002 Q3 2,808 1 1 356.1
2002 Q2 3,340 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,595 16 13 4450.6
2001 Q4 2,991 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,074 9 7 1272.3
2001 Q2 10,558 3 0 284.1
2001 Q1 7,800 2 0 256.4
2000 Q4 9,513 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 15,445 44 27 2848.8
2000 Q2 22,044 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 15,202 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2001 · 1 incident

2000 · 3 incidents

July 13, 2000 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
17 West Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SERVICING LOADER. AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

June 12, 2000 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
17 West Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING ROCKS AND HISBACK STARTED A BURNING FEELING AND JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE DURING THE DAY.

1999 · 1 incident

June 8, 1999 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
17 West Mining Inc · Flash burns (electric)

EE WAS CHECKING VOLTAGE ON A NEW INSTALLATION WHEN A FLASH OCCURRED BURNING HIM ON HANDS, FACE AND NECK.