Mining Incidents

Advanced Restoration Technologies -1: 1 recorded fatality Coal

NEV LLC · Surface
Controlled by William Moore
Sandy Hook, Morgan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519846

Advanced Restoration Technologies -1 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
13
citations
4
significant & substantial
$14,170
proposed penalties
$2,565
paid to date
18% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,605 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
15
inspections on record
757
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: 757 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Advanced Restoration Technologies -1 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$12K
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-12-12.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Advanced Restoration Technologies -1 shows 100% of 25 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: 2023-08-02, 3 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
25
samples
0.38
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
14 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 11 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR11
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR6
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER2

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2023-08-11, 3 years ago
4.1
silica avg (%)
3
samples
5.3
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR1

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.

Last sampled: 2023-08-02, 3 years ago
0%
over PEL
11
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR3
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER2
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2023 100% 4
2021 100% 8
2020 100% 9
2019 100% 4
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2023 5.3 1
2021 3.5 2
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2023 0% 4
2021 0% 5
2020 0% 2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Option Land Development LLC 2018 to 2023
  2. NEV LLC 2023 to present
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)
2023 1 5,000
2022 0
2021 3 6,389
2020 4 9,356
2019 5 27,138
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Advanced Restoration Technologies -1 sits in Morgan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Morgan County, Kentucky · Population 13,938
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,493
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 2 2
2023 Q3 2,400 2 1 833.3
2023 Q2 0 2 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 3 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 2,146 2 0 932.0
2021 Q1 3,583 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,366 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,983 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,352 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,044 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,008 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,550 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 9, 2023 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · MACHINERY
NEV LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While assisting in the offloading of a tank from the RGN trailer, the equipment being used to crane the tank struck JD's Custom Transport employee, causing EE's death.