Mining Incidents

Emlyn Tipple Coal

ARL Resources, LLC · Facility
Controlled by Ferroglobe PLC
Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1508019

Emlyn Tipple has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1985–1997
Latest incident
Jun 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
162
citations
75
significant & substantial
$28,808
proposed penalties
$15,064
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,744 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,604
inspection hours
10.1
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.
162 citations across 1,604 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Emlyn Tipple has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 3 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
157 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Emlyn Tipple shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 110 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.
0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.13
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
110
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-04-17.
Noise
3%
over PEL
75
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-04-17.
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
2013 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 952 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 885 1 0 1129.9
2012 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 206 15 13 72815.5
2012 Q1 2,371 13 9 5482.9
2011 Q4 2,344 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 11,613 0 0 0.0
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 9,210 8 5 868.6
2010 Q4 3,938 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,064 15 8 2962.1
2010 Q2 6,635 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,360 2 2 595.2
2009 Q2 6,666 8 4 1200.1
2009 Q1 6,666 19 1 2850.3
2008 Q4 5,115 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,337 1 0 187.4
2008 Q2 3,702 36 26 9724.5
2008 Q1 2,118 2 1 944.3
2007 Q4 0 1 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 491 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 951 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 998 3 1 3006.0
2005 Q4 1,053 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 493 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,154 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,179 1 0 848.2
2004 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,483 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 454 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,720 3 0 1744.2
2003 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 850 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,407 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,866 1 0 258.7
2002 Q2 3,956 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,467 2 0 576.9
2001 Q4 3,760 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,366 1 0 297.1
2001 Q2 3,837 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,610 9 0 2493.1
2000 Q4 3,904 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,641 2 0 549.3
2000 Q2 3,676 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,849 6 0 1558.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

June 10, 1997 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS INJURED WHILE HE WAS INSIDE OF COAL CAR CLEANING IT. THIS OCCURED WHEN LOCAL TRAIN BUMPED COAL CAR EE WAS IN. TRAIN CREW STATED THEY DID NOT SEE ANYONE ALONG TRACK BEFORE SETTING CARS I N.

April 7, 1997 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL AND HAND SLIPPED HITTING GRINDING WHEEL. EMP HAD TO HAVE 6 STITCHES ON LEFT SMALL FINGER.

1989 · 1 incident

April 28, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLSOE RIGHT CAB DOOR ON TROJAN ENDLOADER WHEN WIND BLEW DOOR CLOSED CATCHING RIGHT FINGERS BETWEEN DOOR & CAB.

1987 · 2 incidents

September 16, 1987 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hickman Williams Coal & Energy · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PLANT MANGAGER 4AS OPERATING BOBCAT LOADER REMOVING STEEL PLATFORM COVERS FROM TRUCK SCALES. EQUIPMENT TIPPED OVER AND PINNED I NAME BETWEEN METAL AND MACHINE.

May 29, 1987 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Hickman Williams Coal & Energy · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

IN ROUTINE PERF2RMANCE OF DUTY I NAME WAS WALKING TOWARD THE WASHER FEEDWATER PUMP HOUSE AND WAS STUNG BY A BEE

1985 · 2 incidents

September 24, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hickman Williams Coal & Energy · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS LETTING A RAILROAD CAR DOWN THE SIDE TRACK AND THE BAR HIT HIM ON THE HEAD.

June 24, 1985 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Renwood Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS STANDING BY THE TIPPLE WATCHING THE COAL RUN WHEN A WIND STORM BLEW UP & A PIECE OF TIN BLEW OFF THE TIPPLE & HIT HIS ARM & CUT IT. THE TIN CUT HIS ARM & IT REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.

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The full compliance file on Emlyn Tipple

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.