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.
293 citations across 4,334 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Beaver Creek has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $36K outstanding across 19 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$36K
outstanding
284 assessments are final orders; 19 contested dockets.
Of $29K in penalties contested before the Commission, $24K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-25.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
128citations taken to the federal commission · 44% of citations on record
Settled
128 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 23 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
18%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$29K proposed, $24K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2025-07-03.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Beaver Creek shows 99% of 482 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: 2025-05-20
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
482
samples
2.65
dust max (mg/m3)
3
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
159 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 323 by the operator.
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.
Beaver Creek recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.
Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.16 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.17 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
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
11.18
5.59
0.000
2022 *
8.75
4.37
0.000
2021 *
23.08
5.77
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
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2025
20
12,686
2024
23
54,817
2023
19
35,376
2022
24
32,754
2021
16
44,380
2019
8
3,575
2018
9
9,196
2017
9
4,048
2015
6
1,095
2014
9
20,164
2013
10
48,125
2012
9
25,656
2011
8
12,335
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Beaver Creek sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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
2025 Q2
10,725
31
9
2890.4
2025 Q1
11,547
9
1
779.4
2024 Q4
13,021
21
1
1612.8
2024 Q3
10,421
9
1
863.6
2024 Q2
11,390
6
0
526.8
2024 Q1
11,686
24
1
2053.7
2023 Q4
2,208
4
2
1811.6
2023 Q3
9,069
35
4
3859.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2
11,602
21
1
1810.0
2023 Q1
12,900
8
0
620.2
2022 Q4
11,422
7
0
612.9
2022 Q3
12,057
28
2
2322.3
2022 Q2
11,595
11
0
948.7
2022 Q1
10,646
17
3
1596.8
2021 Q4
14,774
12
4
812.2
2021 Q3
10,190
17
0
1668.3
2021 Q2
9,696
12
1
1237.6
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q3
2,553
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
3,919
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
3,813
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
4,588
1
0
218.0
2018 Q3
4,183
2
0
478.1
2018 Q2
4,366
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,831
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
4,434
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
2,439
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,078
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,098
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
4,096
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,839
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,892
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
673
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
2,422
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,723
3
1
635.2
2013 Q2
5,232
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,736
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
3,085
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,204
1
0
237.9
2012 Q2
4,230
1
0
236.4
2012 Q1
4,360
2
1
458.7
2011 Q4
5,112
2
2
391.2
2011 Q3
3,850
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2023 · 2 incidents
October 20, 2023KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee and another employee were attempting to carry a shop press over to be put on a trailer when the employee slipped and fell allowing the shop press to fall on their right foot.
May 23, 2023KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was attempting to install a new wheel unit on a shuttle car and as employee was attempting to bolt it up the wheel unit came loose and fell over on employee's right arm.
A piece of draw rock fell from the top about 4 inches thick 22 inches long and 20 inches wide hitting the employee on top of the head and stubbed their neck up. The employee was in the break between 3 and 4 on the section. There were no witnesses and the employee came outside and felt like their neck was still hurting so they went to the Medical Center.
July 21, 2022KY · Coalcutting machine operator, ripper, universal operatorFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
The employee was in #2 entry helping the miner man hang curtain when a piece of draw rock fell scraping down their back. The employee has not yet been to the doctor for this accident.
Employee was hammering a piece of key steel in a motor shaft when employee accidentally struck left thumb.
July 28, 2021KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderPOWERED HAULAGE
Bee B & B, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Employee was attempting to flip a rock off of the feeder when EE's ring and pinky fingers on EE's left hand got caught between the feeder and metal causing the two fingers to be crushed.
Bee B & B, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Employee was tightening a hydraulic hose when EE's elbow starting hurting. Employee has not yet went to the Doctor for this but says it's still hurting and EE will probably go within the next few day.