Marsh Coal Company LLC · Fall onto or against objects
Employee was changing the speed reducer on scoop when he slipped and fell backward onto the scoop.
Elkhorn No 3 Coal
Marsh Coal Company LLC
· Underground
Controlled by
Pauline Honeycutt
Kite,
Knott County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518629
Elkhorn No 3 has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2005
- Latest incident
- Apr 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
201
citations
91
significant & substantial
$40,416
proposed penalties
$26,445
paid to date
65% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,971 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
20
inspections on record
1,013
inspection hours
19.8
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.201 citations across 1,013 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Elkhorn No 3 has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.$40K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
186 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-02-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Elkhorn No 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.04 mg/m3 (76% compliant) across 83 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.1.04
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.30
dust max (mg/m3)
76%
within 1.5 mg/m3
83
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-12-27.
Silica (quartz)
2.7
silica avg (%)
5.2
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-08-24.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-06-15.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Q1 | 2,665 | 28 | 12 | 10506.6 |
| 2005 Q4 | 5,975 | 38 | 19 | 6359.8 |
| 2005 Q3 | 5,881 | 7 | 2 | 1190.3 |
| 2005 Q2 | 5,932 | 54 | 29 | 9103.2 |
| 2005 Q1 | 7,518 | 16 | 4 | 2128.2 |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2005 · 1 incident
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The full compliance file on Elkhorn No 3
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.