Elkhorn City, Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519604
Beaver Creek has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $36K outstanding across 19 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2021–2023
Latest incident
Oct 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
293
citations
35
significant & substantial
$53,272
proposed penalties
$11,547
paid to date
22% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $41,725 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
43
inspections on record
4,334
inspection hours
6.8
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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Beaver Creek shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.45 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 482 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.
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
2
1
435.9
2018 Q3
4,183
4
0
956.3
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.
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