Mining Incidents

Beaver Gap Coal

Ember Contracting Inc · Underground
Controlled by Randy Gilkerson
Kite, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518642

Beaver Gap has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $189 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2006
Latest incident
Jan 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
321
citations
126
significant & substantial
$61,980
proposed penalties
$61,791
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $189 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
25
inspections on record
1,505
inspection hours
21.3
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.
321 citations across 1,505 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Beaver Gap has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $189 outstanding across 4 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.
$59K
proposed penalties
$59K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$189
outstanding
310 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-11-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Beaver Gap shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.52 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 251 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.
0.52
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.04
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
251
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-10-07.
Silica (quartz)
6.5
silica avg (%)
31.4
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-10-10.
Noise
0%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-05-03.
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
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 4,814 15 8 3115.9
2006 Q3 11,567 28 13 2420.7
2006 Q2 13,880 10 2 720.5
2006 Q1 12,462 12 6 962.9
2005 Q4 14,414 15 5 1040.7
2005 Q3 12,492 19 7 1521.0
2005 Q2 7,685 32 5 4164.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1 8,218 30 9 3650.5
2004 Q4 8,886 28 15 3151.0
2004 Q3 8,482 27 18 3183.2
2004 Q2 8,823 24 10 2720.2
2004 Q1 9,720 42 17 4321.0
2003 Q4 10,496 25 5 2381.9
2003 Q3 3,799 14 6 3685.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2006 · 1 incident

January 31, 2006 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ember Contracting Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was assisting with broken belt repairs, while pulling broken belt together, the belt clamp slipped, striking EE in facial area.

2005 · 3 incidents

July 28, 2005 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ember Contracting Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was bolting roof top and a rock fell striking his left hand pinky finger and mashing it against pinner.

May 18, 2005 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Straight Fork Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was operating scoop across section and was watching a water bucket on scoop and had his arm on post of scoop and hit his left arm against roof of mine, injuring left arm.

March 15, 2005 KY · Coal coal dump operator POWERED HAULAGE
Straight Fork Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was busting a rock on the feeder and the rock and the drag chain caught his right ring finger against top. per call to Joseph Jacobs 3-28-05, it was amputated to the first joint from the tip. coder 12.

2003 · 1 incident

September 23, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler

EE WAS SHOVELING TAILPIECE WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS GLOVE IN THE BELT SPLICE, JERKING HIS LEFT ARM. INJURING HIS LEFT WRIST AND SHOULDER.

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The full compliance file on Beaver Gap

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.