Mining Incidents

#2 Coal

B & K Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Bee Handshoe
Eastern, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519334

#2 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Jul 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
66
citations
27
significant & substantial
$11,985
proposed penalties
$4,496
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,489 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
12
inspections on record
490
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: 490 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#2 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-06-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.79 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 35 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.
0.79
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.52
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-06-17.
Silica (quartz)
2.2
silica avg (%)
2.2
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-04-29.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-04-21.
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
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 3,370 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 15,305 24 14 1568.1
2009 Q1 14,599 35 10 2397.4
2008 Q4 11,358 7 3 616.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

July 31, 2009 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & K Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

Rock fell from roof and landed on upper back (4' x 4' x 2' thick). Employee struck head on rock on ground.

May 9, 2009 KY · Coal INUNDATION
B & K Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries

After 9 days of rain & 5.75" of rain on Saturday May 9, 2009 and upon further exploration of the mine. Water had entered the mine filling a low area and some of the face area. The water traveled by the face by penetrating some stoppings and traveled the low area of the mine. The mine was not working due to area flooding.

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The full compliance file on #2

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.