Mining Incidents

Auger 84 Coal

Controlled by Michelle L Banks
Van, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519738

Auger 84 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $760 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,285
proposed penalties
$525
paid to date
41% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $760 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
18
inspections on record
291
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: 291 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Auger 84 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $760 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$525
paid to date
$760
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Auger 84 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 12 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.
0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.84
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-12-17.
Noise
17%
over PEL
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-12-17.
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
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 400 5 2 12500.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 380 3 0 7894.7

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Auger 84

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