Mining Incidents

7 Coal

Black Pearl Mining, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Ricky T Lucas
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519775

7 has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2016–2017
Latest incident
Mar 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
185
citations
42
significant & substantial
$23,101
proposed penalties
$6,120
paid to date
26% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,981 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
37
inspections on record
2,387
inspection hours
7.8
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.
185 citations across 2,387 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

7 has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$17K
outstanding
173 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-01-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at 7 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.44 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 125 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.
0.44
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.81
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
125
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-02-07.
Silica (quartz)
6.6
silica avg (%)
7.8
silica max (%)
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-02-14.
Noise
0%
over PEL
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-12-19.
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
2017 Q4 11,004 14 3 1272.3
2017 Q3 7,850 1 0 127.4
2017 Q1 3,376 57 21 16883.9
2016 Q4 8,873 27 4 3042.9
2016 Q3 8,114 20 4 2464.9
2016 Q2 317 7 1 22082.0
2016 Q1 6,093 11 0 1805.4
2015 Q4 1,857 6 0 3231.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3 3,521 1 1 284.0
2015 Q2 2,935 2 1 681.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

March 21, 2017 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
HAMILTON MINING LLC · Struck against stationary object

Subject was sitting down in forklift seat when EE struck sacral and coccyx area on seat belt holder.

2016 · 1 incident

March 23, 2016 KY · Coal INUNDATION
Dags Branch Coal Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

During normal mining, the continuous miner cut into an existing auger hole. There was no flooding of water or gas, therefore no persons were affected by the occurrence, other than the cessation of production, until the hole was sealed off from the mine. The mine resumed production on 5/02/2016.

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The full compliance file on 7

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