Mining Incidents

Buckeye Strip #1 Coal

Jeff, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518738

Buckeye Strip #1 has $70K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2007–2011
Latest incident
Oct 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
207
citations
66
significant & substantial
$69,959
proposed penalties
$55,214
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,745 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
48
inspections on record
1,512
inspection hours
13.7
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.
207 citations across 1,512 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Buckeye Strip #1 has $70K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 3 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.
$70K
proposed penalties
$66K
current assessed
$55K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
204 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Buckeye Strip #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 119 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.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.68
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
119
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-06-26.
Silica (quartz)
13.2
silica avg (%)
39.6
silica max (%)
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-07-19.
Noise
2%
over PEL
94
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-03-09.
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
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 2,270 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,260 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6,993 2 1 286.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 2 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 1,153 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,157 3 0 1390.8
2013 Q4 13,910 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 24,937 8 1 320.8
2013 Q2 26,025 1 0 38.4
2013 Q1 27,582 19 1 688.9
2012 Q4 23,204 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 24,455 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 22,854 14 4 612.6
2012 Q1 20,784 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 21,157 22 4 1039.8
2011 Q3 21,271 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 17,426 15 4 860.8
2011 Q1 17,544 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 17,476 16 6 915.5
2010 Q3 19,442 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 21,006 3 1 142.8
2010 Q1 18,272 1 0 54.7
2009 Q4 17,914 18 6 1004.8
2009 Q3 21,238 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 19,145 11 2 574.6
2009 Q1 20,701 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 22,564 6 1 265.9
2008 Q3 19,540 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 20,262 4 1 197.4
2008 Q1 21,282 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 17,907 8 7 446.8
2007 Q3 19,227 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 21,018 10 10 475.8
2007 Q1 19,408 16 7 824.4
2006 Q4 17,529 1 1 57.0
2006 Q3 17,694 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 16,028 2 2 124.8
2006 Q1 8,038 12 0 1492.9
2005 Q4 3,585 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,700 6 4 2222.2
2005 Q2 2,280 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,340 5 3 2136.8
2004 Q4 1,950 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2011 · 1 incident

2008 · 1 incident

June 13, 2008 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
James River Coal Service Company · Struck against a moving object

The dozer operator backed into the highwall, resulting in injury to the neck.

2007 · 2 incidents

August 31, 2007 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
James River Coal Service Company · Struck by falling object

The mechanic was lifting a front axel with his boom truck into the bed of a parts-truck when the chain slipped causing the axel to drop hitting the mechanic on the hand.

August 15, 2007 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
James River Coal Service Company · Fall from machine

EE was getting out of truck. He turned toward the cab, got hold of the door, but not the handle. He started to step down with his right leg and missed the lower step. He tried to catch himself with his right arm and went down on his elbow. He felt and heard his right shoulder pop.

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The full compliance file on Buckeye Strip #1

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.