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.
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.
MSHA sampling at Colona Synfuel shows 99% of 93 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: 2014-08-20, 12 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
93
samples
2.31
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.
92 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 1 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER33
GROUNDMAN13
WEIGHMAN12
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.
Colona Synfuel recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
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.
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
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
10.86
10.86
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
Year
Employees
2020
0
2019
0
2018
0
2017
0
2016
0
2015
0
2014
4
2013
2
2012
1
2011
5
2010
2
2009
2
2008
1
2007
22
2006
18
2005
27
2004
19
2003
17
2002
20
2001
20
2000
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Colona Synfuel sits in Lawrence County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.4% 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.
Lawrence County, Kentucky · Population 16,171
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$45,584
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
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
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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
2
0
9523.8
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
1
0
71.9
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
2
1
238.6
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, 2000KY · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE