Mining Incidents

#4 Coal

Gun Hill Coal, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Jill Slone
Printer, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518291

#4 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Sep 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
97
citations
44
significant & substantial
$20,666
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,666 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
454
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: 454 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#4 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$21K
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-09-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #4 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.31 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 31 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.
0.31
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.41
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-12-18.
Silica (quartz)
1.9
silica avg (%)
2.0
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-09-13.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-09-20.
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 Q3 0 2 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 2,640 18 8 6818.2
2001 Q3 2,400 29 16 12083.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

September 5, 2001 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
N D O Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE ROOF BOLTER MAN GOT OFF BUUGY. BUGGY TOOK OFF AND HIT HIM.

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