Mining Incidents

Auger Machine Ser #3158 Coal

Controlled by Jason Miller
Penfield, Clay County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609320

Auger Machine Ser #3158 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2006–2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
25
citations
10
significant & substantial
$14,135
proposed penalties
$5,567
paid to date
39% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,568 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
15
inspections on record
156
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: 156 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 Machine Ser #3158 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K 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
$6K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Auger Machine Ser #3158 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.32 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 5 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.
0.32
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.69
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-02-09.
Noise
40%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-02-09.
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
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 950 1 0 1052.6
2010 Q1 454 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q1 381 4 3 10498.7
2007 Q4 732 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 521 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 741 1 1 1349.5
2006 Q4 596 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 909 3 2 3300.3
2006 Q2 789 6 4 7604.6
2006 Q1 349 2 0 5730.7
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 1,254 8 0 6379.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2008 · 1 incident

February 13, 2008 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & M Augering Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Fell on ice & hit hand on elevator.

2007 · 1 incident

February 28, 2007 KY · Coal auger helper HOISTING
R L Miller Augering · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using grease gun & reached between belt & roller to wipe fitting. Caught glove & pulled in hand bruising finger & hand.

2006 · 1 incident

February 2, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R L Miller Augering · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Pulling auger tools, employee grabbed end of auger when it came off and snapped back onto fitting smashing fingers on right hand.

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The full compliance file on Auger Machine Ser #3158

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.