EE was climbing off the dozer and his feet slipped. He caught himself on the push arm and pulled a muscle in his back. Taken to emergency room by his wife. Given cat scan, given muscle relaxers and missed one shift of work. Returned to work with no restriction.
Bull Creek Surface Mine #1 Coal
Bull Creek Surface Mine #1 has $94K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 18
- Years on record
- 2006–2011
- Latest incident
- Nov 2011
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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.Bull Creek Surface Mine #1 has $94K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
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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.MSHA sampling at Bull Creek Surface Mine #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 99 samples.
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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 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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Q3 | 2,060 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,064 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,940 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,940 | 1 | 1 | 515.5 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,980 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 980 | 7 | 0 | 7142.9 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,494 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 4,293 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,213 | 1 | 0 | 451.9 |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,690 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,999 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 3,304 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 3,452 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,739 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,785 | 2 | 0 | 718.1 |
| 2015 Q1 | 3,531 | 2 | 0 | 566.4 |
| 2014 Q4 | 5,280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 6,252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 7,395 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q1 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q2 | 4,271 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 21,890 | 3 | 2 | 137.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 34,046 | 12 | 7 | 352.5 |
| 2011 Q3 | 19,967 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 20,624 | 10 | 7 | 484.9 |
| 2011 Q1 | 8,134 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,649 | 1 | 1 | 606.4 |
| 2010 Q1 | 2,542 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 5,634 | 7 | 7 | 1242.5 |
| 2009 Q3 | 19,155 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 26,434 | 21 | 14 | 794.4 |
| 2009 Q1 | 25,632 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 26,273 | 9 | 2 | 342.6 |
| 2008 Q3 | 31,331 | 13 | 10 | 414.9 |
| 2008 Q2 | 33,280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 33,623 | 3 | 1 | 89.2 |
| 2007 Q4 | 31,399 | 15 | 9 | 477.7 |
| 2007 Q3 | 31,261 | 17 | 4 | 543.8 |
| 2007 Q2 | 18,113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 25,699 | 3 | 2 | 116.7 |
| 2006 Q4 | 22,886 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 22,154 | 14 | 13 | 631.9 |
| 2006 Q2 | 12,952 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 7,039 | 17 | 14 | 2415.1 |
| 2005 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reportable incidents
18 on file2011 · 4 incidents
EE was climbing onto the rock truck at beginning of shift when his back popped. Later while being loaded his truck was shook by a large rock and his back popped again. Taken to emergency room, cat scan, given pain medication and off work for 2 days. Returned to work with no restrictions on 10-17-11.
Victim was assisting with the install of the final drive in D-10 dozer. They were using alignment bars and hoist on boom truck. The weight shifted it caught his hand between drive and undercarriage. Transported to Highland Regional ARH then to UK Medical Ctr. Two fractures and laceration. Treated with cast and stitches & released. Still off work to date.
Victim was driving a Caterpillar 785 rock truck and hit a hole in the road. The sudden jolt jerked his arm out straight and pulled a muscle in his right shoulder. Treated & released at the hospital. Was on light duty one day, no lost time.
2009 · 2 incidents
EE had been pulling cable and sat down for a break when he raised his arms he felt a pull in his lower back.
Employee was removing a parking brake on 9926 wheel loader when the brake got hooked on a hose. When the brake was being prayed loose it swung into the steering cylintor. Mechanic reached out to catch the cylinder when it mashed his finger between cylinder and brake.
2008 · 2 incidents
EE started to step out of truck, when his left knee popped when he stood up.
EE got down off the HWM and stepped in a hole, fracturing his left ankle.
2007 · 6 incidents
Employee was welding an auger flight with a torch when acetyline built up. The torch went out causing it to explode and the loud blast hurt both his ears.
He was pouring concrete and felt burning sensations in his feet, ankles and legs.
Working on shot service, loading holes, went to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
Employee was climbing down the ladder on the 992-G loader when his foot slipped hurting his shoulder.
EE was in his loader, when another EE noticed him slumped over & not responsive. He may have ahd a heart attack.
Employee was covering rockcore with filter fabric when he fell in the rocky terrain injuring his left foot & ankle.
2006 · 4 incidents
Walking across the drill bench, the bench was covered in deep mud, boots kept getting stuck in the mud, had to keep pulling & jerking boots/legs out of the mud, felt a sharp pain from back to right leg.
Employee was getting off loader when he slipped on mud injuring his right shoulder and neck.
Employee was loading rock when the 992 g slipped off a rock injuring his right rib cage.
Large rock teetered the loader forward, then the rock fell out of the bucket, dropping the back of the loader. Jarring injury to EE's back, ribs and neck.
The full compliance file on Bull Creek Surface Mine #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.