Mining Incidents

Austin Coal Inc #1 Coal

Austin Coal Inc · Surface
Cinda, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518336

Austin Coal Inc #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2001
30
citations
9
significant & substantial
$2,176
proposed penalties
$2,176
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
35
inspections on record
543
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: 543 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Austin Coal Inc #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-03-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Austin Coal Inc #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.34 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 107 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.
0.34
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.81
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
107
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-05-20.
Silica (quartz)
20.5
silica avg (%)
46.4
silica max (%)
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-03-14.
Noise
16%
over PEL
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-03-07.
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
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 3,118 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,117 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,128 5 0 701.5
2004 Q4 6,959 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,442 10 5 1184.6
2004 Q2 7,925 3 1 378.5
2004 Q1 7,359 6 2 815.3
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 4,398 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,737 1 0 365.4
2003 Q2 381 2 0 5249.3
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,903 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,755 2 1 1139.6
2002 Q1 4,799 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,354 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,139 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,408 1 0 156.1
2001 Q1 1,914 0 0 0.0

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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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.