Mining Incidents

#5 Coal

Hunter Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Roger Hunter
Honaker, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517973

#5 has $18K 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
1998–2001
Latest incident
May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
141
citations
60
significant & substantial
$17,793
proposed penalties
$12,893
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,900 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
1,317
inspection hours
10.7
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.
141 citations across 1,317 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#5 has $18K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
139 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-06-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #5 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.78 mg/m3 (91% compliant) across 276 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.
0.78
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.81
dust max (mg/m3)
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
276
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-07-09.
Silica (quartz)
5.7
silica avg (%)
11.8
silica max (%)
38
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-06-10.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-11-18.
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
2003 Q2 7,006 17 8 2426.5
2003 Q1 7,203 4 0 555.3
2002 Q4 7,635 5 4 654.9
2002 Q3 7,715 11 4 1425.8
2002 Q2 7,578 10 3 1319.6
2002 Q1 6,853 5 2 729.6
2001 Q4 6,806 4 1 587.7
2001 Q3 7,431 6 3 807.4
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 7,479 8 2 1069.7
2001 Q1 7,652 21 6 2744.4
2000 Q4 7,449 32 15 4295.9
2000 Q3 7,647 14 9 1830.8
2000 Q2 7,123 2 1 280.8
2000 Q1 7,084 2 2 282.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 1 incident

May 7, 2001 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Hunter Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SPOTTING A CORNER BOLT, EMPLOYEE HAD HIS LEG STRETCHED OUT, UNKNOWING TO OTHER EMPLOYEE WHO SET THE FOOT JACK DOWN ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

1999 · 1 incident

September 3, 1999 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Hunter Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILL MAN SAID HE FELT SOMETHING ROUGH IN HIS LEFT EYE BUT COULDN'T TELL WHAT IT WAS OR HOW IT GOT THERE HE FINISHED SHIFT ON 3RD BUT DIDNT WORKMONDAY THE 6TH. HE WENT TO DR ON 4TH THEY REMOVE D SOME COAL HE SAID NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE HE COULD NOT TELL ME HIMSELF

1998 · 1 incident

April 18, 1998 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hunter Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

TOP FELL ON BUT NEUTRAL ABOUT 300 FT INBY DRIFT MOUTH. NO INJURIES OR EQUIPMENT WERE INVOLVED. IT APPEARS THAT WATER WAS COMING IN AT A HILL SEAM DUT TO ALL MAIN THGS. WATER HELP CUT OR TIP AT SEAM AND THE INTERSECTION CAVED IN ABOUT 5TH BREAK.

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The full compliance file on #5

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.