Mining Incidents

D-12 Kellioka Coal

Blackjewel L.L.C. · Underground
Controlled by Jeffery A Hoops
Partridge, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519715

D-12 Kellioka has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Oct 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
103
citations
19
significant & substantial
$22,390
proposed penalties
$19,789
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,601 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
55
inspections on record
2,802
inspection hours
3.7
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.
103 citations across 2,802 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

D-12 Kellioka has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 6 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
100 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at D-12 Kellioka shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.45 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 136 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.
0.45
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.61
dust max (mg/m3)
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
136
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-05-27.
Silica (quartz)
12.3
silica avg (%)
22.1
silica max (%)
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-05-14.
Noise
24%
over PEL
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-03-24.
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
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1,140 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 2,124 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,039 3 0 1471.3
2017 Q4 2,039 1 0 490.4
2017 Q3 1,180 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,230 5 0 4065.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 1,283 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,185 1 0 843.9
2016 Q3 1,285 2 1 1556.4
2016 Q2 1,081 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,176 3 1 2551.0
2015 Q3 1,083 2 0 1846.7
2015 Q2 32,864 20 1 608.6
2015 Q1 24,302 25 4 1028.7
2014 Q4 20,550 16 8 778.6
2014 Q3 20,663 9 2 435.6
2014 Q2 17,834 4 1 224.3
2014 Q1 9,761 10 1 1024.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

October 16, 2014 KY · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
North Fork Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Coal dust Black Lung

September 21, 2014 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Fork Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

Employee was stacking block off of a pallet and hit his left knee on the corner of the block and felt pain in his knee.

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The full compliance file on D-12 Kellioka

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.