Mining Incidents

Cook and Sons No. A-1 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
citations
3
significant & substantial
$465
proposed penalties
$90
paid to date
19% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $375 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
4
inspections on record
71
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: 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
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$465
proposed penalties
$465
current assessed
$90
paid to date
$375
outstanding
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.
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
2003 Q2 1,344 3 3 2232.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

April 5, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
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

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