67-C Daniels Creek has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1998–2011
Latest incident
Aug 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
186
citations
94
significant & substantial
$36,974
proposed penalties
$28,233
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,741 gap.
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.
186 citations across 2,398 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
67-C Daniels Creek has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 2 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
182 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-07-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
12citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
12 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-10-09.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at 67-C Daniels Creek shows 98% of 241 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2013-05-29, 13 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
241
samples
3.11
dust max (mg/m3)
195 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 46 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
67-C Daniels Creek recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.
Injury rate, 2012
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.74 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.35 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
3.68
3.68
0.000
2008 *
3.61
3.61
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
3.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2017
0
2016
0
2015
0
2014
0
2013
5
22,800
2012
11
52,362
2011
17
94,534
2010
16
61,286
2009
20
69,672
2008
21
130,512
2007
21
146,432
2006
23
196,361
2005
39
241,413
2004
49
437,969
2003
41
519,539
2002
32
390,238
2001
32
376,650
2000
1
1,650
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
67-C Daniels Creek sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
Excavator operator was reclaiming a sediment pond when the excavator bucket struck a gas line puncturing it causing gas to be released in the atmosphere. No injury or equipment damage occurred during this incident other than the puncture to the gas line. This is being reported per instructions from MSHA.
2009 · 2 incidents
April 15, 2009KY · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The EE was found in his pick-up truck unresponsive on the mine access road. There was no evidence of a mine accident, injury or mine related illness. It appears that the EE died of natural causes from an apparent heart attack. (Death certificate is pending).
2008 · 1 incident
September 10, 2008KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apex Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was covering up 992D parts with plastic when the axle rolled off trapping his right middle finger with a rock.
2002 · 4 incidents
October 24, 2002KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Apex Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
#303 CATERPILLAR ROCK TRUCK BACKED INTO THE #332 KOMATSU ROCK TRUCK CRUSHING THE CAB AND CAUSING THE VICTIM TO BE PINNED BENEATH THE STEERING WHEEL AND CAUSING CUTS TO BOTH OF THE VICTIMS LEGS .
MISSED PIN THEY WERE DRIVING IN D9 DOZER, HAMMER HIT HIM IN FOREHEAD, RESULTING IN TWO INCH DIAMETER KNOTT ON HIS FORHEAD, NO BROKEN SKIN OR LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
1999 · 1 incident
September 1, 1999KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Coal Mac Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK BOTTOM ROLLERS LOOSE FROM SK40 ROCK DRILL, ROLLER FRAME, HADTO BEND OVER TO HIT EACH SIDE OF ROLLER OFTEN WORKING IN A BENT OVER POSITION FOR SERVERAL MIN UTES HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK