Mining Incidents

#7B Coal

Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Co. · Underground
Controlled by Henry Chaney Jr
Jenkins, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518282

#7B has $705 in proposed MSHA penalties and $705 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Dec 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
5
significant & substantial
$705
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $705 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
129
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: 129 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#7B has $705 in proposed MSHA penalties and $705 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.
$705
proposed penalties
$705
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$705
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-10-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #7B shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.44 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 18 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)
1.58
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-01-24.
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
2002 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 8,375 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 13,306 6 5 450.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

December 28, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Garrett Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS BOLTING ROOF AND USING BOLTER WRENCH TO PUSH METAL STRAP UP. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND EE CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN STRAP AND DRILL POT. CAUSING A SPRAIN AND LACERATION TO MIDDLE FINGE R, REQUIRING 7 STITCHES.

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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.