Mining Incidents

Coal Stone #10 Coal

Controlled by John H Parton
Pineville, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519574

Coal Stone #10 has $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 14 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2012–2014
Latest incident
Sep 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
279
citations
89
significant & substantial
$62,055
proposed penalties
$51,822
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,233 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
49
inspections on record
3,491
inspection hours
8.0
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.
279 citations across 3,491 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Coal Stone #10 has $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 14 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.
$62K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
263 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Coal Stone #10 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.26 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 204 samples.

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.
0.26
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.14
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
204
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-01-06.
Silica (quartz)
9.6
silica avg (%)
9.6
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-10-23.
Noise
3%
over PEL
69
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-01-06.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, 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
2015 Q1 7,352 6 1 816.1
2014 Q4 15,084 14 4 928.1
2014 Q3 17,276 29 8 1678.6
2014 Q2 18,029 25 6 1386.7
2014 Q1 17,641 21 4 1190.4
2013 Q4 17,187 46 13 2676.4
2013 Q3 11,357 12 2 1056.6
2013 Q2 18,505 29 6 1567.1
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 16,622 14 9 842.3
2012 Q4 17,181 12 7 698.4
2012 Q3 15,139 26 10 1717.4
2012 Q2 13,487 26 8 1927.8
2012 Q1 8,201 13 6 1585.2
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 1,296 6 5 4629.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2014 · 3 incidents

July 22, 2014 KY · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator POWERED HAULAGE
Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was tramming scoop to surface and hit bump in road causing him to hit his head on the scoop canopy.

March 14, 2014 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was using a slate bar to pull down some draw rock. The slate bar mashed the employee's right thumb on the drill pot.

2013 · 2 incidents

January 14, 2013 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was getting out to the deck of the bolter when he slipped and fell.

2012 · 2 incidents

October 26, 2012 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was assisting repair on placing a rib rail on the Joy Miner.

June 14, 2012 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was moving a rock and his foot slipped causing him to drop the rock and mash his finger.

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The full compliance file on Coal Stone #10

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.