Mining Incidents

Beech Creek Mine Coal

Controlled by Phoenix Coal Corporation
Greenville, Muhlenberg County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518377

Beech Creek Mine has $6K 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
2
Years on record
2008–2009
Latest incident
Jan 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
52
citations
16
significant & substantial
$6,043
proposed penalties
$6,043
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
23
inspections on record
946
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: 946 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 Mine has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Beech Creek Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.44 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 59 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.
0.44
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.67
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
59
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-29.
Silica (quartz)
7.9
silica avg (%)
7.9
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-09-21.
Noise
21%
over PEL
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-29.
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
2009 Q2 7,129 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 27,671 5 2 180.7
2008 Q4 26,715 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 26,635 2 2 75.1
2008 Q2 29,610 6 1 202.6
2008 Q1 8,940 1 1 111.9
2007 Q4 10,188 2 1 196.3
2007 Q3 9,475 2 0 211.1
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 9,713 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,961 4 0 502.4
2006 Q4 10,367 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 10,713 1 0 93.3
2006 Q2 11,259 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 12,009 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 12,120 6 3 495.0
2005 Q3 12,221 1 0 81.8
2005 Q2 10,810 1 0 92.5
2005 Q1 9,799 1 0 102.1
2004 Q4 10,345 4 0 386.7
2004 Q3 9,031 5 2 553.6
2004 Q2 6,998 2 2 285.8
2004 Q1 5,188 4 1 771.0
2003 Q4 6,630 1 0 150.8
2003 Q3 5,673 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,428 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,481 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,765 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,264 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 1 incident

January 23, 2009 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Injured party had just rolled a piece of rock off the belt. When he tried to stand up, he felt a pain in his lower back.

2008 · 1 incident

June 26, 2008 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & R Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Injured party stepped up off the ground to the 1st step on the road grader when his foot slipped, striking his leg against the step.

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The full compliance file on Beech Creek Mine

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