Mining Incidents

Colona Synfuel Coal

Louisa, Lawrence County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510789

Colona Synfuel has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990–2000
Latest incident
Sep 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
33
citations
12
significant & substantial
$2,614
proposed penalties
$2,614
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
1,180
inspection hours
2.8
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.
33 citations across 1,180 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Colona Synfuel has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Colona Synfuel shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 93 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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.31
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
93
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-08-20.
Noise
0%
over PEL
46
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-10-29.
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
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,920 3 1 1562.5
2014 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,772 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,843 2 0 1085.2
2013 Q3 1,562 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 1 0
2012 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,600 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,000 1 0 333.3
2011 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 210 3 1 14285.7
2010 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 336 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 12,788 1 0 78.2
2007 Q3 16,460 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 18,148 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 13,546 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,883 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 8,318 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 14,379 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 14,144 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 16,397 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 17,255 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 16,074 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 11,850 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 13,916 5 4 359.3
2004 Q2 10,935 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 11,494 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 10,507 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,593 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,347 1 0 107.0
2003 Q1 7,433 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,984 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 10,289 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 11,733 2 1 170.5
2002 Q1 12,057 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 13,907 3 1 215.7
2001 Q3 10,945 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,382 3 2 357.9
2001 Q1 8,675 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10,398 5 1 480.9
2000 Q3 10,338 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,584 3 1 313.0
2000 Q1 6,503 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

September 8, 2000 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Colona Synfuel Llc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATES THAT A TWISTING MOTION INSIDE ENDLOADER CAUSED PAIN IN CENTER OF BACK.

June 5, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colona Synfuel Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKING UP A PIECE OF RE-BAR.

1998 · 1 incident

September 4, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colona Synfuel Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING COAL DUST IN THE CRUSHER AREA. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS SQUATTING AND SHOVELING UNDER TUNNEL BELT UNDER CRUSHER AND INJURED HIS BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

February 26, 1990 KY · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Belfry Coal Corp · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE STUCK VOLTAGE METER LEADS INTO BREAKER BOX. HE HAD METER ON WRONG SETTING, WHICH CAUSED A FLASH (ELECTRICAL ARC).

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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.