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Coal Stone #10: 279 MSHA citations 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.
See Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Of $33K in penalties contested before the Commission, $23K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-26.
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.
33.8%
significant & substantial
1.1%
high negligence or reckless
33.8%
reasonably likely or greater
4.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.4% none, 8.0% low, 90.5% moderate, 1.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
56 citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
  • Settled 55 · 98%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 2%
84%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 32 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$33K proposed, $23K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2015-03-01.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
KENT 2015-0328 Settlement Bulluck 2015 $11K → $6K
KENT 2015-0048 Settlement Bulluck 2015 $8K → $7K
KENT 2015-0196 Settlement Bulluck 2015 $3K → $2K
KENT 2014-203 Settlement Barbour 2014 $2K → $2K
KENT 2013-628 Settlement McCarthy 2013 $2K → $2K
KENT 2013-930 Settlement Barbour 2014 $1K → $224
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Coal Stone #10 shows 98% of 204 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: 2015-01-06, 11 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
204
samples
4.14
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.
107 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 97 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR99
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)15
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)10

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2014-10-23, 11 years ago
9.6
silica avg (%)
1
samples
9.6
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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.

Last sampled: 2015-01-06, 11 years ago
3%
over PEL
69
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SECTION FOREMAN9
  • UTILITY MAN8
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR6
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2015 100% 8
2014 95% 62
2013 98% 65
2012 100% 69
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2015 0% 5
2014 0% 20
2013 5% 20
2012 4% 24
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Coal Stone #10 recorded 5.88 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.

Injury rate, 2014
ⓘ 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.
5.88
total case rate
5.88
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.96 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.63 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
2014 * 5.88 5.88 0.000
2013 * 3.14 3.14 0.000
2012 * 7.41 7.41 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.
Ownership history
  1. Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc 2011 to 2011
  2. Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. 2011 to present
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)
2015 26 23,513
2014 29 202,494
2013 28 194,529
2012 26 125,111
2011 15 22,994
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Coal Stone #10 sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Bell County, Kentucky · Population 23,878
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$32,403
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
2015 Q1 7,352 6 1 816.1
2014 Q4 15,084 13 4 861.8
2014 Q3 17,276 29 8 1678.6
2014 Q2 18,029 25 6 1386.7
2014 Q1 17,641 18 3 1020.4
2013 Q4 17,187 40 9 2327.3
2013 Q3 11,357 12 2 1056.6
2013 Q2 18,505 25 6 1351.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 16,622 12 8 721.9
2012 Q4 17,181 12 7 698.4
2012 Q3 15,139 23 8 1519.3
2012 Q2 13,487 26 8 1927.8
2012 Q1 8,201 10 5 1219.4
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 1,296 2 1 1543.2
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.