Mining Incidents

Buckeye #2 Coal

Corbin Mining LLC · Surface
Mouthcard, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406894

Buckeye #2 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $66 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2008
Latest incident
Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
71
citations
20
significant & substantial
$13,404
proposed penalties
$13,286
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $118 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
1,175
inspection hours
6.0
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.
71 citations across 1,175 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Buckeye #2 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $66 outstanding across 2 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$66
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Buckeye #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 104 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.
0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.60
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
104
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-06-23.
Noise
11%
over PEL
65
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-03-28.
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
2011 Q4 1,863 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,220 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8,399 5 2 595.3
2011 Q1 3,664 4 0 1091.7
2010 Q4 7,292 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,771 1 0 147.7
2010 Q2 8,668 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,381 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 7,063 4 1 566.3
2009 Q3 5,840 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,210 7 1 1127.2
2009 Q1 6,862 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,160 6 0 974.0
2008 Q3 5,988 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,972 7 2 1407.9
2008 Q1 5,790 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,253 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,602 4 1 1110.5
2007 Q2 3,499 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,968 3 1 1524.4
2006 Q4 1,359 4 1 2943.3
2006 Q3 3,667 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,715 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,584 1 0 218.2
2005 Q4 6,083 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,476 2 1 267.5
2004 Q2 10,993 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,299 1 0 137.0
2003 Q4 6,753 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,137 4 2 778.7
2002 Q3 1,224 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,890 4 2 404.4
2002 Q1 9,536 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,827 2 2 203.5
2001 Q3 9,441 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 12,377 3 1 242.4
2001 Q1 10,336 2 0 193.5
2000 Q4 11,682 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,246 3 1 324.5
2000 Q2 11,504 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 9,695 4 2 412.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2008 · 1 incident

September 8, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Corbin Mining LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking on highwall miner and slipped, striking finger on piece of metal (possibly metal ladder). Laceration to left middle finger.

2002 · 1 incident

February 8, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Corbin Mining LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON AN EXCAVATOR, WALKING TO AND FROM THE MACHINE ON FROZEN, RUTTED GROUND. HE STEPPED ON A RUT AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

2001 · 1 incident

March 3, 2001 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Corbin Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP FUEL TANK, PUTTING WOOD IN BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.

2000 · 1 incident

November 28, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Corbin Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING TO HIS TRUCK AND CRILLED HIS ANKLE IN A RUT.

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The full compliance file on Buckeye #2

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.