Mining Incidents

#2 Surface Coal

Controlled by Ronnie D Jackson
Fonde, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516516

#2 Surface has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1996–1998
Latest incident
Jul 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
237
citations
119
significant & substantial
$47,762
proposed penalties
$42,125
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,637 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
83
inspections on record
1,724
inspection hours
13.8
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.
237 citations across 1,724 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#2 Surface has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 3 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$46K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
236 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-10-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #2 Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.26 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 170 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.
0.26
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.67
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
170
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-11-29.
Silica (quartz)
7.9
silica avg (%)
25.4
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-09-05.
Noise
7%
over PEL
116
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-08-27.
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
2013 Q4 6,473 7 0 1081.4
2013 Q3 7,490 10 1 1335.1
2013 Q2 8,995 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,152 4 2 776.4
2012 Q4 394 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,014 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,986 2 1 334.1
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4 9,713 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 10,460 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 11,630 2 2 172.0
2011 Q1 10,785 3 2 278.2
2010 Q4 11,227 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,591 7 5 660.9
2010 Q2 11,214 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 10,697 2 1 187.0
2009 Q4 11,188 8 1 715.1
2009 Q3 11,904 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 10,925 15 9 1373.0
2009 Q1 10,162 8 3 787.2
2008 Q4 12,429 12 7 965.5
2008 Q3 11,504 13 9 1130.0
2008 Q2 11,849 1 1 84.4
2008 Q1 11,430 28 10 2449.7
2007 Q4 11,329 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 12,543 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 14,929 17 9 1138.7
2007 Q1 11,602 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 10,417 6 2 576.0
2006 Q3 9,812 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,122 15 11 1481.9
2006 Q1 9,423 5 1 530.6
2005 Q4 10,249 3 2 292.7
2005 Q3 11,479 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 12,424 10 8 804.9
2005 Q1 13,688 14 2 1022.8
2004 Q4 16,083 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 16,687 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 15,528 11 7 708.4
2004 Q1 11,585 1 0 86.3
2003 Q3 11,511 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 11,505 6 5 521.5
2003 Q1 9,945 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8,951 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 9,074 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,387 8 7 852.2
2002 Q1 8,392 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,684 3 3 309.8
2001 Q3 9,000 2 1 222.2
2001 Q2 9,539 3 0 314.5
2001 Q1 7,837 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,870 3 0 436.7
2000 Q3 3,200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,712 3 3 344.4
2000 Q1 4,140 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1998 · 1 incident

July 20, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Twin Star Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE COMPLAINED OFF AND ON ABOUT HIS BACK. FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS. APPARENTLY HE HURT IT LIFTING. HE WENT TO THE DR, AND THEY TURN IT IN ON CONMPENSATION.

1996 · 1 incident

September 27, 1996 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Star Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVER DOWN SHIFTED AT THE TOP OF A 12-15% GRADETRANSMISSION BROKE RESULTING IN LOSS OF PRESSURETO EVERYTHING. DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK. BROKERIGHT LEG BELOW KNEE.

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The full compliance file on #2 Surface

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.