Mining Incidents

Big Sandy River Dock Coal

Controlled by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Catlettsburg, Boyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510306

Big Sandy River Dock has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
47
Years on record
1984–2007
Latest incident
Jun 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
17
citations
7
significant & substantial
$1,484
proposed penalties
$1,484
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
20
inspections on record
216
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: 216 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Big Sandy River Dock has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-08-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Big Sandy River Dock shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.20 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 18 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.
0.20
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.66
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-09-06.
Noise
0%
over PEL
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-02-27.
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
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q4 5,764 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,332 2 0 375.1
2007 Q2 7,727 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,549 2 1 264.9
2006 Q4 10,146 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,020 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,260 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 1 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,951 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,412 5 3 923.9
2003 Q2 5,327 1 0 187.7
2003 Q1 2,157 6 3 2781.6
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 7, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Pen Coal Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING SCRAP METAL WITH THE DOZER. A VALVE BROKE OFF A PROPANE TANK CAUSING PROPANE GAS TO LEAK INTO THE AIR. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED OFF THE PERMITTED AREA.

Reportable incidents

46 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2007 · 1 incident

June 26, 2007 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Appalachian Fuels, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was operating a dozer when he stood quickly, striking his head against an overhead cb bracket.

2003 · 2 incidents

May 12, 2003 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appalachian Fuels, LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ELECTRICAL WIRE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND LACERATED INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. FIVE STITCHES TO CLOSE.

April 8, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appalachian Fuels, LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

VICTIM FELL APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET TO THE GROUND FROM A CATWALK THAT WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED.

1997 · 2 incidents

July 8, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE TRIED TO DRIFT EMPLY BARGE DOWN RIVER BY HIMSELF.

March 11, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP TRIED TO PULL A PIECE OF SHOT WIRE FROM THE FINES BELT TAILROLLER WHILE BELT WAS RUNNING.

1996 · 2 incidents

December 19, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER WORKING ON THE D-9 ROLLER FRAME, FELT BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING AND PUSHING ROLLERS.

September 16, 1996 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS TIEING LOWER SLIDE LINE ROPE TO A BARGE.

1995 · 1 incident

December 8, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Pen Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS SITTING ON AN EMPTY BARGE. HE TRIED TO PUT THE TEMPORARY SLIDE SLINE ON THE SLIDE CABLE WHEN THE WIND BLEW THE BARGE AGAINST THE TRI TIES CAUSING HIS LEG TO BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BA RGE AND THE TRI TIE.

1994 · 4 incidents

April 1, 1994 KY · Coal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING SPRING HANGER BOLT WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF HEAD BOLT AND THEN HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NOSE CUTTING ABOVE THE NOSTRIL.

February 18, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTIGN DOWN TWO BARGES, IN HIGH WATER, WHEN A ROPE CAME BACK ADN HIM EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK OF THE LEG.

February 11, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFT A CAPSTAIN MOTOR

February 2, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN OFFICE TRAILER TRYING TO OPEN A POP CAN WITH A KNIFE THE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS ARM

1993 · 2 incidents

January 16, 1993 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON FEEDER BREAKER LIFTING PIECES OF METAL

January 15, 1993 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPL WORKING ON FEEDER BREAKER DOWN IN A TUNNEL.BACK PLATE OF FEEDER BREAKER FELL AND HIT FEET.

1991 · 2 incidents

December 10, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING WET COAL ON THE FEED BELT FROM THE FLOOR.

June 4, 1991 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS WORKING ON RAIN BIRDS & HEATED PIECE OF METAL. HE HIT METAL WITH HAMMER TO BEND METAL & PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE.

1990 · 5 incidents

October 1, 1990 KY · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WAS PULLING ON BARGE ROPE AND PULLED LOWER MUSCLES IN BACK.

August 2, 1990 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DIGGING COAL OUT OF AUGER.

June 18, 1990 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WENT TO FLOP // GATE THAT GOES TO YARD AND HURT HIS BACK.

March 14, 1990 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INSTALLING NEW WATER LINE TO WATER COOLER. COOLER WAS PLUGGED OFF. EMPLOYEE SHUT OFF WATER VALVE AND DISASSEMBLED WATER LINE BUT ENOUGH PRESSURE WAS STILL IN LINE TO CAUSE CLOROX TO GET IN HIS EYES.

March 8, 1990 KY · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STOPPING BARGES WITH BARGE ROPE. THE ROPE BROKE HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE THIGH AND GENITAL AREAS.

1989 · 8 incidents

November 27, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING WET COAL,TWISTED AROUND WITH SHOVEL OF COAL.PULLED LOWER BACK.

November 21, 1989 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING BARGES DOWN STREAM WHEN HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT IN A CLEVIS ON THE SLIDE LINE CABLE.

November 16, 1989 KY · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS HELPING REPAIR FRONT BUMPER TO YARD DUMP TRUCK HE WAS USING A PORTABLE HAND GRINDER WEARING BURNING GOGGLES WITH FLIP UP LID GRINDING MATERIAL FLEW INTO EYE

August 23, 1989 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

HIT HEAD ON CROSS BRACES CLEANING AREA

August 17, 1989 KY · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING AROUND BELT ON RIVER LINE.

July 27, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPL CLEANING AROUND BELT WHEN LUMP OF COAL FLEW OFF BLET AND HIT RIGHT FOREARM.

March 29, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Coal Corp · Fall from machine

BRACKET HELD PLATFORM LADDER BOROKE CAUING PLATFORM TO SWING OUT AWAY FORM FIXED LADDER CASUING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND HITTING R. SHOULDER.

January 19, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS GOING TO TURN OVER TWO SECTIONS OF GUARD RAILS THIS PUT BODY IN A STRAIN AND PULLED HIS BACK

1988 · 5 incidents

November 9, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS GOING TO ATTACH THE WELDER TO THE BOBCAT. PICKED UP WELDER AND IT ROLLED FORWARD AND CAUSGHT THE RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE WELDER AND BOB CAT BUCKET.

September 16, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

DRIVING GREEN DUMP TRUCK WHICH WAS BEING LOADED BY FRONT-END LOADER LUMP OF COAL FELL FROM BUCKET & HIT HIM ON THE ARM T HIS PUNCTURED A HOLE IN HIS ARM R EQ UIRING THREE STITCHES

September 6, 1988 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

MAN WAS WALKING BESIDE OF ROADWAY NEXT TO GUARD RAIL AND TRIPPED ON A BLOCK OF COAL AND FELL INTO GUARD RAIL AND CUT HIS LEG. IT WAS QUITTING TIME AND HE WAS WALKING TO HIS CAR. HE WAS NOT WAT CHING WHERE HE WAS GOING.

July 5, 1988 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT OVER TO PICK UP A STAMLER FLIGHT CHAIN.

March 4, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Coal Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRATING ON THE CATWALK APPROACHING RIVER LOADOUT WAS LOOSE & WORKER STEPPED THRU GRATING & INJURED HIMSELF HE WAS TAKEN TO KINGS DAUGHTERS HOSPITAL IN ASHLAND KY HE WAS TREATED& RELEASED & DIA GNOSED AS HAVING TORN LIGAMENTS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE

1986 · 7 incidents

December 22, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REMOVING31 1/2" NYLON ROPE FROM TIMBER HEAD WHEN ROPE SLIPPED & THE UP PRESSURE FORM THE 3/4" CABLE CAUGHT HIM UNDER CHIN RESULTING IN A BROKEN JAW.

December 9, 1986 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I.NAME AN EE WA8 PULLING ON ROPE THAT LEAD TO WENCH TO BARGE & STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 6, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

HE JERKED THE C2AIN OUT FROM UNDER THE PIECE OF STEEL AND ANOTHER PIECE FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE NOSE. REQUIRING STITCHES IN HIS NOSE.

September 17, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Coal Corp · Fall down stairs

(STEPS MADE OF 1RATING THAT LEAD TO RIVER) I.NAME AN EMPLOYEE FELL ON STEPS AFTER LEAVING BRAGE THAT HE HAD JUST FINISHED DRAFTING

August 7, 1986 KY · Coal OTHER
Pen Coal Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME WHILE PR2SPECTING ON COLUMBIA PROPERTY WAS STUNG BY A BEES. HE HAS AN ALLERGY TO BEE STINGS. HE WAS TAKEN TO MED CENTER FOR TREATMENT.

June 6, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS WALK3NG ALONG SIDE OF BARGE WHILE IT WAS TIED TO DOCK AND ACCIDENTALLY BRUSHED HIS HAND ALONG SIDE OF IT WHICH SKINNED HIS HAND. A MINOR INJURY WHICH ONLY REQUIRED A BAND-AID.

March 27, 1986 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED ON A PI9CE OF STEEL ON RIVER BANK WALKING BACK FROM BARGE. INJURED RT FOOT.

1985 · 2 incidents

November 12, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LEFT FOOT WAS T9APED IN CLOSING DOORS. LEFT FOOT AND TOES HAD LACERATIONS, DR PUT SPLINT ON THE FOOT AND SAID TO ELIVATE.

January 28, 1985 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING SPLICE FOR BELT LINE. POCKET KNIFE SLIPPED ON CORE IN BELT LINE. WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING R HAND & THUMB & THIS REUQIRED STITCHES. HOWEVER EE LOST NO WORK DAYS & WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO W ORK THE SAME DAY OF T HE INJURY OCCURRED.

1984 · 3 incidents

October 2, 1984 KY · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STRAINED VERTBRA IN LOWER BACK

May 31, 1984 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Pen Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

WHILE WENCHING 2 BARGES DOWN RIVER, 2 ND BARGE CUAGHT ON TRI-TIE, PULLING CABLE AND I NAME LEFT HAND INTO WENCH THERE WAS ONE INJURY HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURED INDEX FINGER AND CRUSHED THE BON E MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

April 11, 1984 KY · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BARGE #DM 1512 BROKE LOOSE FROM THE SLIDE LINE AT P&C BIG SANDY RIVER DOCK DUE TO SWIFT WATER THERE WAS ONE INJURY. I NAME SUSTAINED A FRACTURED LEFT THUMB. WHEN THE THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A NYLON ROPE AND THE BARGE IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE THE BARGE.

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