Mining Incidents

Carousel #1 Coal

Pine Creek Mining, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by James W Smith
Mayking, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519578

Carousel #1 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
15
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,400
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,400 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
35
inspections on record
443
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: 443 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Carousel #1 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-12-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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
2014 Q2 386 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 759 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 724 7 3 9668.5
2013 Q3 581 1 0 1721.2
2013 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 972 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 998 1 0 1002.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2 1,014 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 912 1 0 1096.5
2011 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 770 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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