Mining Incidents

4 Coal

Black Energy Coal, Inc. · Underground
Biggs, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518130

4 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
100
citations
44
significant & substantial
$7,969
proposed penalties
$2,995
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,974 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
1,089
inspection hours
9.2
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.
100 citations across 1,089 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

4 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
100 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-08-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at 4 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.55 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 140 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.
0.55
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.97
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
140
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-08-12.
Silica (quartz)
7.4
silica avg (%)
10.9
silica max (%)
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-04-22.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-01-16.
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
2002 Q2 7,777 12 2 1543.0
2002 Q1 6,964 2 1 287.2
2001 Q4 6,751 16 7 2370.0
2001 Q3 10,591 14 9 1321.9
2001 Q2 13,395 8 6 597.2
2001 Q1 14,100 14 9 992.9
2000 Q4 12,838 9 2 701.0
2000 Q3 12,145 6 3 494.0
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 10,865 10 5 920.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 1 incident

May 2, 2002 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
ARC Envirochem, LLC · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER HE WAS LOADING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK WAS THROWN FROM CONVEYOR STRIKING OPERATOR ONT HE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE. CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS FORE HEAD AND CHEEK. LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.

2001 · 1 incident

April 9, 2001 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
P M C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SEEN PIECE OF DRAWROCK FALLING MADE QUIK TURN AND PULLED BACK MUSCLES.

2000 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on 4

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.