Mining Incidents

County Line Mine Coal

Ned, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517751

County Line Mine has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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
2006–2007
Latest incident
Jul 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
81
citations
28
significant & substantial
$15,909
proposed penalties
$14,354
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,555 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
31
inspections on record
706
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: 706 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

County Line Mine has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-12-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at County Line Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.31 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 41 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.
0.31
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.26
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
41
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-02-17.
Noise
11%
over PEL
36
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-02-17.
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
2014 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 21,763 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 19,967 30 11 1502.5
2008 Q3 21,546 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 22,421 8 1 356.8
2008 Q1 23,415 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 20,958 1 0 47.7
2007 Q3 21,351 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 20,446 11 4 538.0
2007 Q1 2,275 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 647 3 1 4636.8
2006 Q3 9,909 1 0 100.9
2006 Q2 11,109 5 3 450.1
2006 Q1 4,586 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 5 3
2005 Q1 19,641 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 19,936 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 22,753 9 0 395.6
2004 Q2 20,913 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 21,761 7 4 321.7
2003 Q4 17,217 1 1 58.1
2003 Q3 76 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,150 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,445 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,392 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,711 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 1 incident

July 24, 2007 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ICG Hazard, LLC · Struck by flying object

While replacing tie rod on 777 rock truck employee was hitting ball stud with a 5 lb. hammer and the bearing busted. A piece of bearing struck him in the lower abdomen.

2006 · 1 incident

March 11, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
ICG Hazard, LLC · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 777B CAT TRUCK. WHILE WAITING FOR THE LOADER TO CLEAN UP AN AREA OF THE PIT, THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE OF THE 992-G CAT LOADER BLEW OUT, SPRAYING EE WITH LOOSE ROCK DEBRIS. EE RECEIVED LACERATION TO HIS LIP & RIGHT ARM REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

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The full compliance file on County Line Mine

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.