COLDIRON OWL MINE
Coal
Cumberland,
Harlan County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519954
COLDIRON OWL MINE has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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
- 2024–2025
- Latest incident
- Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
0
significant & substantial
$2,710
proposed penalties
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 970 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
COLDIRON OWL MINE has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at COLDIRON OWL MINE shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.45 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 227 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.
Most recent sample: 2025-08-29.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2025-07-25.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2025-08-01.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2025 Q4 |
3,476 |
1 |
0 |
287.7 |
| 2025 Q3 |
32,477 |
6 |
0 |
184.7 |
| 2025 Q2 |
28,664 |
4 |
0 |
139.5 |
| 2025 Q1 |
36,518 |
3 |
0 |
82.2 |
| 2024 Q4 |
3,631 |
2 |
0 |
550.8 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2025 · 1 incident
January 31, 2025
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was bolting top & bent a bolt causing the bolt plate to strike EE's arm causing a laceration. EE was taken to a hospital.
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