Mining Incidents

#6 Coal

Controlled by David Hogg
Deane, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518208

#6 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $55 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
Nov 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
69
citations
20
significant & substantial
$8,417
proposed penalties
$8,362
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $55 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
314
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: 314 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#6 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $55 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$55
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-06-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #6 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.25 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 40 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.
0.25
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.00
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
40
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-07-10.
Silica (quartz)
7.7
silica avg (%)
7.7
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-03-18.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-12-05.
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
2004 Q2 0 1 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 4,946 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,040 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 10,711 6 2 560.2
2002 Q4 8,302 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 11,315 16 2 1414.1
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2 11,399 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 12,147 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 12,825 13 8 1013.6
2001 Q3 14,179 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,137 14 2 1381.1
2001 Q1 8,852 7 1 790.8
2000 Q4 9,160 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,500 1 1 117.6
2000 Q2 11,604 11 4 947.9
2000 Q1 8,158 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2002 · 3 incidents

November 16, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kannan Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WORKING ON F350 TRUCK LOOSENING BOLTS ON REAR SPRING WITH RATCHET, FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK.

July 24, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kannan Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING CAMSHAFT TO REPAIR ENGINE, EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO LIFT CAMSHAFT AND COULD NOT RISE UP.

April 12, 2002 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kannan Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EYE. SAFETY GOGGLES WERE IN USE. NO REPORT OF IT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY.

2001 · 1 incident

August 10, 2001 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kannan Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING METAL WITH SAFETY GLASSES ON. HE THOUGHT HE HAD DIRT IN HIS EYE AND DID NOT DO ANYTHING. MONDAY AUG 13 2001 HIS EYE WAS STILL HURTING, HE WENT TO DOCTOR AND THEY REMOVED SMALL PARTICLES OUT.

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The full compliance file on #6

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.