Cook and Sons No. A-1: 3 MSHA citations
Coal
Whitesburg,
Letcher County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518614
Cook and Sons No. A-1 has $465 in proposed MSHA penalties and $375 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2003
- Latest incident
- Apr 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
3
significant & substantial
19% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $375 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
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: 71 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cook and Sons No. A-1 has $465 in proposed MSHA penalties and $375 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.
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-04-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
100.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
100.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2003 |
31 |
100 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cook and Sons No. A-1 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
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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 |
| 2003 Q2 |
1,344 |
3 |
3 |
2232.1 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2003 · 1 incident
Cook and Sons Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
HIGHWALL FELL AT THE MINE FACE UP IN THE #3 BELTENTRY FALLING ON THE ROOF BOLTER. SIZE OF THE FALL WAS 18' WIDE 10' THICK ADN 15' LONG. MINING WAS STEPPED AND MINES PERMANENTLY ABANDONED