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.
199 citations across 1,143 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Colliers Creek has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $73 outstanding across 9 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.
$52K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$48K
paid to date
$73
outstanding
197 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $17K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-06-04.
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.
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.
MSHA sampling at Colliers Creek shows 97% of 148 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: 2007-07-23, 19 years ago
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
148
samples
2.87
dust max (mg/m3)
95 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 53 by the operator.
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.
Colliers Creek recorded 3.90 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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.
3.90
total case rate
3.90
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.12 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2007
3.90
3.90
0.000
2006
2.00
2.00
0.000
2005
6.00
5.00
0.000
2004 *
9.90
9.90
0.000
2002
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001
3.48
1.74
0.000
2000
1.82
1.82
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
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2009
0
2008
3
1,697
2007
38
282,122
2006
59
883,664
2005
63
985,815
2004
31
466,741
2003
8
34,436
2002
36
495,409
2001
38
565,531
2000
37
569,261
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Colliers Creek sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
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
Employee stated that his back and hip were hurting causing his left leg and hip to hurt. Employee stated that shifting his weight to his right leg caused his knee to swell. Employee was admitted to Harlan ARH hospital to drain the fluid off the knee.
April 3, 2007KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was removing the belly pan when it fell striking his leg. Took employee to doctor and released him to go back to work. Infection got into the leg and employee had to have the leg lanced and the infection cleaned out. He had the surgery on 04/26/07.
2006 · 2 incidents
September 28, 2006KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Employee was loading coal when the loader he was operating caught on fire. The employee jumped from the loader and when he landed, broke both legs. Employee jumped approximately 8 feet to the ground.
2005 · 6 incidents
October 3, 2005KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was helping lift a saddle off a 992G when the saddle came off the pin falling on his right foot. Employee's foot was between the saddle and the outrigger of the boom truck.
EE was pulling impact wrench from beneath a D11 dozer when the coupling came loose allowing the air hose and coupling to strike the EE in the nose and right eyebrow area.
2004 · 4 incidents
October 18, 2004KY · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING LOADED WHEN A SECTION OF THE HIGHWALL FELL STRIKING THE BED AND CAUSING THE CAB TO BE LIFTED INTO THE AIR. EE DID NOT GO TO THE DR. THAT NIGHT. THE EE CAME TO WORK ON 10/13/04 AT 6 PM. AFTER DRIVING THE TRUCK FOR AWHILE, EE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN & SORENESS.
October 4, 2004KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
EE WAS DRIVING TRUCK TOWARD LOAD AREA WHEN HE DROVE THE TRUCK INTO A DITCH (FILLED WITH SOUPY MUD), THE SUDDEN JERK THREWEE'S RIGHT SHOULDER INTO THE WINDOW POST.
April 3, 2001KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS