Mining Incidents

Buckeye Surface Coal

David, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519119

Buckeye Surface has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
25
citations
12
significant & substantial
$5,885
proposed penalties
$1,323
paid to date
22% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,562 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
9
inspections on record
234
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: 234 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Buckeye Surface has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-07-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Buckeye Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 19 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)
0.33
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-08-05.
Silica (quartz)
20.7
silica avg (%)
20.7
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-08-13.
Noise
0%
over PEL
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-07-31.
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
2008 Q3 10,626 5 2 470.5
2008 Q2 20,193 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 20,791 11 5 529.1
2007 Q4 24,734 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 15,703 9 5 573.1
2007 Q2 1,699 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

June 2, 2008 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Bending over and putting primer boxes in cap house and twisted lower back.

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