North Star Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
3RD LEFT MAIN FALL IN #3 FACE ABOUT 40'L, 6'HIGH, 20' WIDE FALL ON RETURN ON #3 BELT IN #1 ENTRY ON LEFT 5'HIGH, 10' WIDE 45'LONG SPAD NO 491.
4 A Coal
North Star Mining, Inc.
· Underground
Controlled by
Carl Kirk
Langley,
Floyd County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518746
4 A has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $159 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
- 2005
- Latest incident
- Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
135
citations
44
significant & substantial
$14,529
proposed penalties
$14,370
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $159 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
28
inspections on record
773
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 773 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 A has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $159 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$159
outstanding
132 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-12-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at 4 A shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.74 mg/m3 (89% compliant) across 131 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.74
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.21
dust max (mg/m3)
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
131
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-12-17.
Silica (quartz)
6.9
silica avg (%)
10.1
silica max (%)
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-12-28.
Noise
11%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-10-19.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q1 | 3,655 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 17,876 | 41 | 15 | 2293.6 |
| 2005 Q3 | 18,404 | 18 | 5 | 978.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 18,535 | 13 | 3 | 701.4 |
| 2005 Q1 | 17,889 | 12 | 3 | 670.8 |
| 2004 Q4 | 18,623 | 16 | 7 | 859.2 |
| 2004 Q3 | 16,931 | 27 | 9 | 1594.7 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Q2 | 6,168 | 8 | 2 | 1297.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2005 · 5 incidents
August 29, 2005
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Star Mining, Inc. · Struck against stationary object
Cutting a hole in hydraulic oil can, poured oil in bolter, went to throw can and cut left hand.
North Star Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
FOUR ROOF FALLS HAVE OCCURED AT R DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON THE 001-DMMU. THE ROOF FALLS ARE ABOVE THE ROOF BOLT ANCHORAGE ZONE. THE ROOF FALLS ARE APPROX 20' X 30' X 6' HIGH. THE ROOF FALLS IN THE #3 ENTRY IS IN THE INTERSECTION, THE FALL IN #5 ENTRY IS IN INTERSECTION. THE FALL IN #6 AND #7 ENTRIES ARE IN THE MAIN ENTRY
August 12, 2005
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
North Star Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Making a splice, when he cut cable, knife slipped cutting his left hand.
North Star Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
Had fall in no #2 entry on main return. the fall is about 7 ft high, 18 ft wide from one end of block to the intersection. spad n459 50 ft inby spad.
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