Mining Incidents

Beech Creek Job 46 Coal

LCC Kentucky LLC · Surface
Talcum, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518173

Beech Creek Job 46 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $66 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1999–2000
Latest incident
Jun 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
12
significant & substantial
$2,072
proposed penalties
$2,006
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $66 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
267
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: 267 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Beech Creek Job 46 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $66 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
$66
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-04-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Beech Creek Job 46 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.37 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 83 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.
0.37
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.28
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
83
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-07-24.
Silica (quartz)
13.9
silica avg (%)
40.8
silica max (%)
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-05-21.
Noise
33%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-02-01.
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
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 19,058 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 37,591 6 4 159.6
2001 Q1 47,412 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 38,961 4 3 102.7
2000 Q3 45,630 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 47,874 7 5 146.2
2000 Q1 45,149 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2000 · 1 incident

June 1, 2000 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Leslie Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS EE BACKED HIS DOZER UP, HE RAN OVER A HUMP, WHICH CAUSED THE REAR OF THE TRACTOR TO SLAM TO THE GROUND, CREATING A JOLT TO EE, FROM THAT POINT, EE WAS UNABLE TO STAND OR STRAIGHTEN HSI BACK . HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE JOB VIA AMBULANCE AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO HAZARD ARH.

1999 · 1 incident

August 30, 1999 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leslie Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AFTER THE LOADER WHICH WAS LOADING EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK BROKE DOWN, EMPLOYEE DISMOUNTED HIS TRUCK. AS HE WALKED AROUND THE TRUCK, HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT K NEE. HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A BROKEN BONE BENEATH HIS KNEE CAP.

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The full compliance file on Beech Creek Job 46

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.