Mining Incidents

459 Job Coal

Alden Resources LLC · Surface
Controlled by Ferroglobe PLC
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519338

459 Job has $940 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2009–2010
Latest incident
Jul 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
7
citations
5
significant & substantial
$940
proposed penalties
$940
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
6
inspections on record
178
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: 178 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

459 Job has $940 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$940
proposed penalties
$940
current assessed
$940
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-08-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at 459 Job shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 17 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.
0.11
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.22
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-09-29.
Silica (quartz)
20.4
silica avg (%)
20.4
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-04-06.
Noise
8%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-08-02.
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
2010 Q4 5,243 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,124 1 1 123.1
2010 Q2 5,973 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,474 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,181 2 2 478.4
2009 Q2 5,565 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 12,515 4 2 319.6
2008 Q4 5,616 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2010 · 1 incident

July 21, 2010 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Alden Resources LLC · Contact with heat

Miner suffered heat exhaustion.

2009 · 1 incident

March 3, 2009 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alden Resources LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was attempting to grease & fuel coal auger slipped and fell and injured right ankle.

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The full compliance file on 459 Job

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.