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#4B Coal

North Star Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Carl Kirk
Turkey Creek, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519000

#4B has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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
2006–2007
Latest incident
Apr 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
73
citations
26
significant & substantial
$10,443
proposed penalties
$3,061
paid to date
29% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,382 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
12
inspections on record
442
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: 442 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#4B has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
73 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-07-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at #4B shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.66 mg/m3 (92% compliant) across 59 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.
0.66
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.50
dust max (mg/m3)
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
59
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-07-17.
Silica (quartz)
8.2
silica avg (%)
10.1
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-07-10.
Noise
10%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-04-24.
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
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 5,014 5 1 997.2
2007 Q2 16,050 21 9 1308.4
2007 Q1 16,694 18 1 1078.2
2006 Q4 17,475 3 0 171.7
2006 Q3 13,953 20 13 1433.4
2006 Q2 431 6 2 13921.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 1 incident

2006 · 1 incident

December 9, 2006 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
North Star Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Bent over to get dust box sealed, drawrock fell hitting him in the lower back.

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