Buffalo Creek Surface Mine
Coal
Pikeville,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518960
Buffalo Creek Surface Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2006
- Latest incident
- Nov 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
11
significant & substantial
$5,424
proposed penalties
46% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,945 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 137 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Buffalo Creek Surface Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-09-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Buffalo Creek Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.34 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 17 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.
Most recent sample: 2008-09-15.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2007-03-27.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2008-09-15.
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 |
| 2008 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2008 Q1 |
5,368 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 |
12,952 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 |
8,200 |
8 |
2 |
975.6 |
| 2006 Q4 |
4,588 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2006 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2006 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2006 · 1 incident
November 14, 2006
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Joshua Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The employee was shoveling drill cuttings into a blasthole with a hand shovel on 11/14/06. Employee got out of bed the next morning and felt stiffness in his lower back. Employee went to the doctor and then reported the injury to company personnel on 11/15/06. Doctor advised employee that he had a strained back and that he should remain off-duty until 11/17/06.
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