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: 977 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Carbon #1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $176 in penalties contested before the Commission, $110 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Carbon #1 shows 100% of 26 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2002-08-08, 24 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
26
samples
0.78
dust max (mg/m3)
26 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER8
FINE COAL PLANT OPERATOR6
MECHANIC6
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Carbon #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.57 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.89 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
7.98
7.98
0.000
2002 *
8.42
8.42
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2005
2
2004
10
2003
21
2002
22
2001
22
2000
21
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Carbon #1 sits in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · Population 30,712
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2005 Q2
996
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,039
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,018
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
4,196
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,701
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
11,976
3
0
250.5
2003 Q4
13,028
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
10,831
2
0
184.7
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2
12,706
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
13,560
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
12,859
4
1
311.1
2002 Q3
11,683
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
11,633
1
1
86.0
2002 Q1
11,320
3
0
265.0
2001 Q4
11,734
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
13,100
3
0
229.0
2001 Q2
12,033
4
0
332.4
2001 Q1
12,440
1
1
80.4
2000 Q4
10,273
3
0
292.0
2000 Q3
10,430
5
0
479.4
2000 Q2
13,006
5
1
384.4
2000 Q1
15,239
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2003 · 2 incidents
June 9, 2003KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO OPEN THE PELLET MILL DOOR. WHILE DOING THIS TASK HE HURT HIS BACK. HE STATED HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO OPEN THE DOOR, THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE STUMBLED FORWARD BUT DID NOT FALL.
May 7, 2003KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING A BELT WIPER. WHILE REMOVING THE WIPER IT BECAME STUCK. A PRY BAR WAS USED TO DISLODGE STUCK PART. THE PRY BAR BEING USED BY A SECOND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED CAUSING THIS EMP LOYEE TO STUMBLE. HE FELL INTO THE INJURED EMPLOYEE CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO BELT STRUCTIRE, INJURING HIS HEAD.
CONVEYER BELT WAS FROZEN TO SKIRT RUBBER. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CHUTE AND HIT HIS HAND ON CATWALK. EMPLOYEE COMPLETED SHIFT AND WENT TO DOCTOR NEXT DAY. X-RAY TAKEN OF HAND, NO FRACTURE NOR A BNORMALITY TO BONES.
January 21, 2002KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE PARKED THE WATER TRUCK AND WAS EXITING THE EQUIPMENT. EE STATED THAT WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT TOUCHED THE GROUND HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK. EE FINISHED SHIFT AND WENT TO DOCTO R NEXT DAY.
1999 · 3 incidents
December 28, 1999KY · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AROUND THICKENER TANK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF CARDBAORD IN THE MUD AND HE FELL AS HE WAS MOVING WELDING EQUIPMENT TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
January 8, 1999KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS INSTALLING A BOLT IN THE FACE OF PELLET MILL DIE, HIS CO-WORKER TURNED THE ROLL, CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN HEAD OF THE BOLT AND THE FLANGE OF THE ROLL ASSEM BLY. FIRST AID AT MINE SITE. E.R. FOR SUTURES FOR WOUND CLOSURE AND FINGER COT.