Mining Incidents

Emily Creek Energy Coal

Martin County Coal · Underground
Lovely, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518627

Emily Creek Energy has $54K in proposed MSHA penalties and $204 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2003–2009
Latest incident
Aug 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
172
citations
57
significant & substantial
$54,320
proposed penalties
$54,116
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $204 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
48
inspections on record
1,635
inspection hours
10.5
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.
172 citations across 1,635 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Emily Creek Energy has $54K in proposed MSHA penalties and $204 outstanding across 2 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.
$54K
proposed penalties
$54K
current assessed
$54K
paid to date
$204
outstanding
166 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-08-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Emily Creek Energy shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.39 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 173 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.
0.39
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.19
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
173
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-07-28.
Silica (quartz)
12.6
silica avg (%)
30.9
silica max (%)
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-08-03.
Noise
14%
over PEL
22
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-07-15.
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
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 5,273 24 3 4551.5
2009 Q2 20,921 33 9 1577.4
2009 Q1 20,074 8 1 398.5
2008 Q4 19,514 9 4 461.2
2008 Q3 19,039 35 14 1838.3
2008 Q2 7,492 4 3 533.9
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 555 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q4 2,440 3 2 1229.5
2004 Q3 14,807 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 17,750 12 5 676.1
2004 Q1 16,798 11 3 654.8
2003 Q4 18,840 11 6 583.9
2003 Q3 15,697 17 5 1083.0
2003 Q2 8,716 5 2 573.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

August 3, 2009 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin County Coal · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee had walked the main belt-line and came outside. He was at the drift mouth at A-1 belt. Employee bent over to pick up a piece of chain link wt. about 20 lb. He developed a sharp pain in his low back. Dr. at the E.R. examined him and said he had acute muscle strain, told follow up with family Dr., he saw family Dr. 8-5-09, and was taken off work. (Mine Closed 2-10-10)

May 8, 2009 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Martin County Coal · Accident type, without injuries

About 4 A.M. discovered fall entry #6 on 001 section, in return, 60' inby spad 2184. Fall was 55' X 20' X 5', there was no equipment involved, ventilation was not affected, passage of people was not affected. Area was breakered off, and we have no plans to rehab this area. Both MSHA and KY OMSL was notified.

2008 · 2 incidents

July 30, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Martin County Coal · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Member was taking lunch break, he was standing beside a service scoop when the rib rolled off and struck the Member in the side, knocking him into the scoop. Member was later found to have a fracture to the pelvic. This accident was called into the MSHA hot line when the fracture was discovered.

2004 · 4 incidents

June 21, 2004 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Marshall Mining Incorporated · Struck against a moving object

NO. 1 SHUTTLE CAR WAS GOING OUT BY THE FACE WHERE COAL WAS BEING MINED. NO. 2 SHUTTLE CAR WAS COMING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND THEY HIT. THE NO. 2 OPERATOR DIDN'T SEE #1 SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR AND HIT.

January 6, 2004 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Marshall Mining Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ALLEGEDLY WALKING UNDER BELT LINE #3. LIGHT CORD CAUGHT ON BELT SPLICE, JERKED HIS HEAD BACK AND DRUG EE UNTIL LIGHT CORD PULLED FROM BATTERY. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.

2003 · 1 incident

December 23, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CAT PAD TO BEND ANOTHER PIECE OF METAL - IT SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER - LEFT PINKY FINGER BROKEN.

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The full compliance file on Emily Creek Energy

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.