Arnold Fork Prep Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $266 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1994–2003
Latest incident
May 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
36
citations
15
significant & substantial
$2,258
proposed penalties
$1,992
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $266 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.
Rate withheld: 604 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Arnold Fork Prep Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $266 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$266
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-07-21.
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.
MSHA sampling at Arnold Fork Prep Plant shows 100% of 32 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: 2003-10-15, 22 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
32
samples
0.95
dust max (mg/m3)
32 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER10
BULLDOZER OPERATOR6
UTILITY MAN6
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.
Arnold Fork Prep Plant recorded 6.41 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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.
6.41
total case rate
3.20
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 5.87 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 6.65 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
2003 *
6.41
3.20
0.000
2002
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001
1.74
0.00
0.000
2000 *
4.07
2.03
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
Year
Employees
2005
0
2004
3
2003
28
2002
51
2001
47
2000
41
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Arnold Fork Prep Plant sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
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
2005 Q2
0
0
0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
0
0
0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
3,645
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
10,305
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
11,431
2
0
175.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2
19,170
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
21,533
1
0
46.4
2002 Q4
20,575
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
24,440
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
26,584
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
32,138
4
1
124.5
2001 Q4
27,433
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
38,076
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
23,379
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
26,092
2
0
76.7
2000 Q4
22,991
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
28,950
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
18,385
3
2
163.2
2000 Q1
28,014
3
1
107.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2003 · 2 incidents
May 22, 2003KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A BOLT HEAD. THE GRINDER SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE ARM WHILE THE GRINDER WAS RUNNING, CUTTING HIS ARM ABOVE HIS GLOVE.
May 8, 2003KY · Coalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
EE WAS UNLOADING MINER UNIT CABLE FROM MINER & PULLING UPHILL FROM SUBSTATION LEVEL TO WHERE EQUIPMENT IS PARKED. EE PULLED CABLE TO HOOK UP FROM BOX TO PROVIDE POWER.
2001 · 1 incident
July 3, 2001KY · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE EE WORKED 12 HRS ON 2/25/00 AND 8 HRS ON 2/26/00 HE REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN ON 2/28/00 THAT HE HURT HIS BACK ON 2/25/00 WHILE USING A SHOVELTO CLEAN UP THE PLANT
1999 · 3 incidents
November 24, 1999KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING A SET OF CHAINS TO A SECTION OF CONVEYOR. AS EMPLOYEE STOOD UP HE FELT HIS LEFT KNEE POP OUT AND EMPLOYEE STATED HE IMMEDIATELY FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE WAS SE NT TO COMPANY PHYSICIAN TO HAVE LEFT KNEE EXAMINED.
November 11, 1999KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING STOKER COAL OFF OF THE BASE OF THE LEGS ON THE STOKER BELT WHEN HE LOSTHIS BALANCE AND STARTED TO FALL. THE EMPLOYEE GRABBED THE LEGS OF THE BELT TO KEEP FROM FALLIN G AND HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER HIT A SHARP PIECE OFMETAL REQUIRING 14 STITCHES.
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