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.
599 citations across 6,904 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
D-3 Oldhouse has $214K in proposed MSHA penalties and $24K outstanding across 40 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.
$214K
proposed penalties
$178K
current assessed
$154K
paid to date
$24K
outstanding
589 assessments are final orders; 40 contested dockets.
Of $154K in penalties contested before the Commission, $117K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-01-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
316citations taken to the federal commission · 53% of citations on record
Settled
303 · 96%
Stood as issued
12 · 4%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 0%
94%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 139 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$154K proposed, $117K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2016-06-29.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at D-3 Oldhouse shows 94% of 460 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2015-11-11, 10 years ago
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
460
samples
3.69
dust max (mg/m3)
5
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
197 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 263 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
D-3 Oldhouse recorded 1.90 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.
Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ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.
1.90
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.56 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2015
1.90
0.00
0.000
2014 *
2.48
2.48
0.000
2013
5.06
1.69
0.000
2012
1.14
0.00
0.000
2011
1.10
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2016
6
2015
40
233,874
2014
38
126,609
2013
56
197,027
2012
80
292,126
2011
79
299,858
2010
62
176,225
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
D-3 Oldhouse sits in Leslie County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 10.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘ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.
Leslie County, Kentucky · Population 10,261
10.6%
Mining share of county employment
$40,176
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2016 Q1
2,518
3
0
1191.4
2015 Q4
24,414
28
6
1146.9
2015 Q3
31,389
38
11
1210.6
2015 Q2
29,105
23
4
790.2
2015 Q1
20,139
24
10
1191.7
2014 Q4
19,968
40
11
2003.2
2014 Q3
24,421
20
4
819.0
2014 Q2
23,076
19
4
823.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1
13,247
38
12
2868.6
2013 Q4
4,963
2
0
403.0
2013 Q3
30,035
16
9
532.7
2013 Q2
40,917
20
5
488.8
2013 Q1
42,727
25
9
585.1
2012 Q4
38,274
15
4
391.9
2012 Q3
45,666
15
3
328.5
2012 Q2
45,180
27
9
597.6
2012 Q1
45,742
23
2
502.8
2011 Q4
42,182
33
12
782.3
2011 Q3
48,389
55
19
1136.6
2011 Q2
46,632
27
10
579.0
2011 Q1
44,128
30
12
679.8
2010 Q4
35,091
49
13
1396.4
2010 Q3
46,037
15
9
325.8
2010 Q2
13,203
8
4
605.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2015 · 2 incidents
February 4, 2015KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A roof fall was discovered in the #1 panel off the Big Bear sub-mains during a weekly examination. The fall was apx. 90' long X 20' wide X 4' to unknown height. The fall was dangered off and reported to MSHA. The roof fall will not be cleaned up and a ventilation supplement has been submitted and approved.
Employee was leaning into mantrip giving out ear plugs unaware of his right foot was half way under mantrip, mantrip moved catching right foot under mantrip and twisting foot. Employee received a fracture to his right ankle. Employee has returned to work with a full release.
2013 · 3 incidents
August 20, 2013KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was loading tray on roof bolter with bolts when he caught his left digit finger on tray while loading. Employee received hairline fracture to his finger, employee has returned to reg. duty with no restrictions.
August 14, 2013KY · Coalexaminer, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examinerPOWERED HAULAGE
On 8/14/2013 employee was traveling on rubber tire buggy when he ran over a rock buggy bounce causing head to hit roof top, employee continue to work received a full release 8/27/2013.
April 22, 2013KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
On 4/23/13 employee was picking up a rock at the lo lo when he twisted and strained his left arm employee continue to work until 08/01/2013 having a herniated disk he became a lost time accident due to this injury.
2012 · 1 incident
May 18, 2012KY · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
The employee got off a fork and got on another forklift and backed into the forks of the other machine, the fork struck his left leg. He went to the doctor and had 12 sutures placed in the cut he received. He returned to work the next scheduled shift. Full duty.
2010 · 1 incident
November 18, 2010KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Employee was checking to see what was wrong with head on roof bolter. EE asked helper to raise bolter head so that he could look, unaware of having placed left hand at pinching point, resulting in mashing ring finger tip off and cutting middle finger below nail bed, later having to remove middle finger below nail bed.