Pond River Coal Llc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL FROM PIT & AS HE WAS DRIVING, FLUID WAS OUT OF STEERING CAUSING HIM TO NOT BE ABLE TO TURN PROPERLY WHICH CAUSED HIM TO GO OVER BERM.
Cypress Creek: 35 MSHA citations Coal
Cypress Creek has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2001–2002
- Latest incident
- Jun 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
35
citations
18
significant & substantial
$3,350
proposed penalties
$2,234
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,116 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
6
inspections on record
401
inspection hours
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: 401 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cypress Creek has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-04-08.
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.51.4%
significant & substantial
20.6%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
38.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.9% low, 76.5% moderate, 20.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Cypress Creek recorded 4.30 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
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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.4.30
total case rate
4.30
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.22 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.
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.
Ownership history
- Pond River Coal Llc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, 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 | 2 | 35,969 |
| 2002 | 24 | 277,045 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cypress Creek sits in McLean County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.McLean County, Kentucky · Population 9,127
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$70,549
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 Q1 | 1,107 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 4,659 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 8,413 | 2 | 2 | 237.7 |
| 2002 Q2 | 12,505 | 2 | 1 | 159.9 |
| 2002 Q1 | 20,927 | 5 | 1 | 238.9 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2002 · 2 incidents
Pond River Coal Llc · Fall from machine
DRIVER WAS ON SIDE OF TRAILER TRYING TO FIX TARP WHEN SHE FELL OFF & BROKE A BONE IN HER PELVIS.
2001 · 1 incident
September 4, 2001
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pond River Coal Llc · Struck by flying object
EE WAS DISCONNECTING A HOSE FROM A TANK AND IT FLEW UP STRIKING HIM IN THE EYE. CUTTING HIS RIGHT EYE LID.