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.
81 citations across 2,726 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
CASE NO. 1 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $612 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$612
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-31.
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.
MSHA sampling at CASE NO. 1 shows 100% of 192 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: 2026-04-23
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
192
samples
0.73
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
191 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 1 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER82
BARGE ATTENDANT26
BULLDOZER OPERATOR23
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.
CASE NO. 1 recorded 9.82 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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.
9.82
total case rate
9.82
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 4.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.87 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
2008 *
9.82
9.82
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
12.97
6.48
0.000
2005 *
14.28
14.28
0.000
2004 *
7.92
7.92
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
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
2026
5
2025
5
2024
6
2015
7
2014
6
2013
7
2012
5
2011
5
2010
5
2009
7
2008
11
2007
11
2006
15
2005
14
2004
13
2003
15
2002
18
2001
16
2000
21
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CASE NO. 1 sits in Boyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Boyd County, Kentucky · Population 48,043
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,659
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
2026 Q1
1,882
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
2,065
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,333
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,675
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,196
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,667
1
0
375.0
2024 Q3
2,486
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
2,802
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1
3,654
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,996
4
2
2004.0
2015 Q3
2,334
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
3,825
4
1
1045.8
2015 Q1
5,157
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,747
5
3
1820.2
2014 Q3
2,816
2
0
710.2
2014 Q2
3,120
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
3,493
5
0
1431.4
2013 Q4
3,589
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
3,656
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,176
6
0
1436.8
2013 Q1
3,974
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,659
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,517
3
2
1191.9
2012 Q2
2,460
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
2,664
1
0
375.4
2011 Q4
2,294
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,672
1
0
374.3
2011 Q2
3,292
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
3,141
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,223
2
0
620.5
2010 Q3
2,771
1
0
360.9
2010 Q2
2,933
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
2,931
3
1
1023.5
2009 Q4
2,783
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
2,761
1
0
362.2
2009 Q2
4,376
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,029
2
0
397.7
2008 Q4
4,938
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,773
1
0
265.0
2008 Q2
5,630
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
6,018
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
6,216
1
0
160.9
2007 Q3
5,044
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
5,928
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
6,103
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,986
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
7,122
1
0
140.4
2006 Q2
8,395
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,342
2
0
272.4
2005 Q4
6,899
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,886
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,927
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
6,294
2
0
317.8
2004 Q4
7,429
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,598
1
0
178.6
2004 Q2
6,817
1
0
146.7
2004 Q1
5,405
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,573
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
7,310
3
0
410.4
2003 Q2
6,740
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
8,929
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
8,965
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
9,726
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
8,633
1
1
115.8
2002 Q1
10,241
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
9,596
1
0
104.2
2001 Q3
9,868
3
2
304.0
2001 Q2
9,083
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,417
7
3
831.7
2000 Q4
10,753
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
10,461
1
0
95.6
2000 Q2
12,939
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
11,454
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2008 · 1 incident
April 8, 2008KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Installing impact idler under #6 feeder. Idler slipped catching thumb of right hand between idler and structure. Broke thumb and 9 stitches to repair cut.
February 7, 2006KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS UNDER WATER TRUCK REMOVING THE DRIVE SHAFT WHEN A LOADER BACKED INTO THE REAR OF WATER TRUCK, PUSHING IT, CATCHING HIS SHOULDER & BACK ON REAR DIFFERENTIAL
WHILE TRYING TO UNTARP TRAILER PULLING ON CHAIN ON TARP TIE DOWN HURT BACK. HAND SLIPPED OF SIDE OF TRUCK AND FELL ON CONCRETE. SAID HE WOULD BE OFF WORK APPROX. 30 DAYS.