Christy Lynn Mine has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
18
citations
11
significant & substantial
$10,739
proposed penalties
$606
paid to date
6% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,133 gap.
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: 339 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Christy Lynn Mine has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$606
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-03-16.
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 Christy Lynn Mine shows 71% of 17 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: 2002-06-29, 24 years ago
71%
within 1.5 mg/m3
17
samples
2.31
dust max (mg/m3)
7 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 10 by the operator.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2007
0
2003
1
2002
6
12,837
2001
8
2,585
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Christy Lynn Mine sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
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
2007 Q2
0
2
0
2003 Q4
1,391
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
0
0
0
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
555
1
0
1801.8
2002 Q2
3,985
3
1
752.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1
2,319
5
4
2156.1
2001 Q4
3,078
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2002 · 1 incident
May 22, 2002KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
SUBJECT DRIVING STEEL GROUNDING ROD INTO GROUND WITH HAMMER. HAMMER SLIPPED, MISSING ROD, CAUSING HAND TO HIT STEEL ROD RESULTING IN CRACKING BONE ON LEFT HAND.