Mining Incidents

#5 Coal

RV Mining, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Randall G Vance
Teaberry, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519033

#5 has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $49K 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
2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
189
citations
85
significant & substantial
$74,505
proposed penalties
$25,182
paid to date
34% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $49,323 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
34
inspections on record
1,441
inspection hours
13.1
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.
189 citations across 1,441 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#5 has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $49K 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.
$75K
proposed penalties
$75K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$49K
outstanding
186 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #5 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.96 mg/m3 (81% compliant) across 158 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.
0.96
dust avg (mg/m3)
8.07
dust max (mg/m3)
81%
within 1.5 mg/m3
158
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-04-17.
Silica (quartz)
3.7
silica avg (%)
7.4
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-03-04.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-24.
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
2009 Q2 2,857 2 1 700.0
2009 Q1 8,286 32 10 3861.9
2008 Q4 6,926 14 8 2021.4
2008 Q3 7,322 22 12 3004.6
2008 Q2 9,086 13 5 1430.8
2008 Q1 6,289 23 12 3657.2
2007 Q4 6,900 19 6 2753.6
2007 Q3 6,976 29 13 4157.1
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 6,472 8 4 1236.1
2007 Q1 7,494 15 8 2001.6
2006 Q4 6,789 11 6 1620.3
2006 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2008 · 3 incidents

August 14, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
RV Mining, LLC · Struck by falling object

Worker was drilling top, a piece of rock slid down steel striking worker on left wrist. Worker finished his shift.

January 16, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
RV Mining, LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking around tailpiece and knee gave out on him. Fell to ground, said knee was hurting.

January 8, 2008 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
RV Mining, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Going in on mantrip, scoop bucket. Stopped to get out at head drive, getting out of scoop bucket, had hand on side of bucket and a personnel buggy rolled into scoop bucket. A pinched finger and broken finger.

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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.