Mining Incidents

Commissary Surface Job Coal

Controlled by James River Coal Company
Slemp, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518898

Commissary Surface Job has $7K 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
2
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
13
citations
3
significant & substantial
$6,930
proposed penalties
$6,930
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
9
inspections on record
231
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 231 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Commissary Surface Job has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-07-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Commissary Surface Job shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 22 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.
0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.71
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
22
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-07-23.
Silica (quartz)
15.7
silica avg (%)
15.7
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-09-20.
Noise
0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-12-18.
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
2008 Q4 2,961 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,222 2 1 216.9
2008 Q2 12,188 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 12,917 2 1 154.8
2007 Q4 12,289 4 1 325.5
2007 Q3 6,656 3 0 450.7
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 11,680 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,495 2 0 572.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

June 16, 2008 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
James River Coal Service Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

operator removed a piece of paper that was caught in blower fan of the heat and a.c. unit. When he removed the paper, the fan started turning, therefore cutting his index finger into two places.

March 7, 2008 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
James River Coal Service Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The mechanic was holding a segment bolt with a scerw driver, the screw driver sliped, the bolt caught the glove pulling his finger in with the scew driver.He was taken to the ARH Hospital, he received 9 stiches in his left fore-finger.

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