Mining Incidents

Auger A-1 Coal

Manchester, Clay County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4609535

Auger A-1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Jan 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
21
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,911
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,911 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
22
inspections on record
453
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: 453 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 A-1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Auger A-1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.09 mg/m3 (100% 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.
0.09
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.23
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-09-21.
Noise
0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-09-21.
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
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,060 7 0 6603.8
2022 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 960 1 0 1041.7
2021 Q3 1,060 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 960 4 1 4166.7
2021 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 980 2 1 2040.8
2020 Q3 500 2 0 4000.0
2020 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 150 4 0 26666.7
2019 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 847 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2021 · 1 incident

January 18, 2021 KY · Coal auger helper MACHINERY
Denali Energy Group, LLC · Struck by flying object

Hoist for lights jammed, victim then flipped safety latch to release reel while holding handle. Handle then slipped out of EE's hand and caused handle to spin out of control striking victim on top of EE's right hand.

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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.