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Black Pearl Mining Inc No 3 Coal

Black Pearl Mining Inc · Underground

Controlled by Ricky T Lucas

Fedscreek, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1518369

Black Pearl Mining Inc No 3 has $139K in proposed MSHA penalties and $127K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

3

Years on record

2003–2007

Latest incident

Oct 2007

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

721

citations

259

significant & substantial

$139,366

proposed penalties

$12,794

paid to date

9% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $126,572 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2001

150

inspections on record

7,013

inspection hours

10.3

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

721 citations across 7,013 inspection hours.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Black Pearl Mining Inc No 3 has $139K in proposed MSHA penalties and $127K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$139K

proposed penalties

$139K

current assessed

$13K

paid to date

$127K

outstanding

711 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2016-05-24.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Black Pearl Mining Inc No 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.53 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 801 samples.

Health sampling

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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

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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.

0.53

dust avg (mg/m3)

7.28

dust max (mg/m3)

95%

within 1.5 mg/m3

801

samples

Most recent sample: 2016-06-30.

Silica (quartz)

6.3

silica avg (%)

46.1

silica max (%)

37

samples

Most recent sample: 2016-06-06.

Noise

2%

over PEL

95

samples

Most recent sample: 2016-03-23.

Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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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
2016 Q2	2,679	21	2	7838.7
2016 Q1	1,564	15	3	9590.8
2015 Q4	0	0	0
2015 Q3	0	0	0
2015 Q2	0	0	0
2014 Q4	0	3	0
2014 Q3	3,433	5	0	1456.5
2014 Q2	4,028	15	1	3723.9

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1	2,050	4	0	1951.2
2013 Q4	1,402	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	813	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	7,800	40	6	5128.2
2012 Q2	7,280	42	13	5769.2
2012 Q1	7,280	12	0	1648.4
2011 Q4	5,600	8	2	1428.6
2011 Q3	7,280	13	4	1785.7
2011 Q2	6,160	18	5	2922.1
2011 Q1	7,280	10	3	1373.6
2010 Q4	6,720	14	2	2083.3
2010 Q3	7,280	11	0	1511.0
2010 Q2	5,865	12	1	2046.0
2010 Q1	6,720	17	3	2529.8
2009 Q4	7,488	29	12	3872.9
2009 Q2	6,720	22	8	3273.8
2009 Q1	480	5	1	10416.7
2008 Q4	0	0	0
2008 Q3	0	1	0
2008 Q2	0	0	0
2008 Q1	0	0	0
2007 Q4	6,528	3	0	459.6
2007 Q3	12,026	7	3	582.1
2007 Q2	18,448	5	4	271.0
2007 Q1	18,844	17	11	902.1
2006 Q4	19,236	15	9	779.8
2006 Q3	17,387	5	2	287.6
2006 Q2	16,889	9	3	532.9
2006 Q1	18,563	17	10	915.8
2005 Q4	19,378	24	15	1238.5
2005 Q3	17,967	20	9	1113.2
2005 Q2	4,976	14	6	2813.5
2005 Q1	5,064	20	8	3949.4
2004 Q2	4,536	6	4	1322.8
2004 Q1	5,201	21	6	4037.7
2003 Q4	6,448	14	3	2171.2
2003 Q3	7,623	18	8	2361.3
2003 Q2	9,643	18	10	1866.6
2003 Q1	6,704	16	13	2386.6
2002 Q3	7,776	20	10	2572.0
2002 Q2	0	16	8
2002 Q1	3,360	6	5	1785.7
2001 Q4	9,861	7	3	709.9
2001 Q3	6,900	13	8	1884.1

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2007 · 1 incident

October 15, 2007 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY

Blair Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Roof bolter helper, he turned on reel of bolt machine and wrapped arm around cable.

2005 · 1 incident

March 1, 2005 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

S & B Energy, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall occurred approx. 3,000 feet outby 002 mmu in #6 entry approx. 10 ft inby 34 spad about 100 feet long, in length 20 feet wide about 8' thick 36 inch resin bolts and cribs was the support in this area.

2003 · 1 incident

December 4, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Black Energy Coal, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

CHANGE IN ROOF CONDITIONS. FALL OCCURED 1 BREAK (60') INBY STATION SPAD 224, 720'(12 BREAKS) OUTBY, 002 SECTION IN #3 ENTRY. FALL DISCOVERED AT 2:00 PM EST. BY FOREMAN, REPORTED TO MSHA & KDMM AT 2:05 PM EST. BY FOREMAN.

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