Mining Incidents

Feds Creek #1 Coal

Controlled by Fredrick J Murell
Feds Creek, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407143

Feds Creek #1 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $300 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Sep 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
92
citations
34
significant & substantial
$17,861
proposed penalties
$17,561
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
29
inspections on record
983
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 983 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Feds Creek #1 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $300 outstanding across 0 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$300
outstanding
91 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Feds Creek #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.36 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 61 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.
0.36
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.67
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
61
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-04-06.
Silica (quartz)
5.5
silica avg (%)
7.5
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-05-01.
Noise
0%
over PEL
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-12-08.
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
2011 Q1 1,349 5 3 3706.4
2010 Q4 4,238 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,518 7 3 1989.8
2010 Q2 3,200 7 4 2187.5
2010 Q1 2,805 7 2 2495.5
2009 Q4 4,845 5 1 1032.0
2009 Q3 4,561 3 2 657.8
2009 Q2 6,568 3 1 456.8
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 3,012 6 1 1992.0
2008 Q4 2,904 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,824 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,835 10 4 3527.3
2008 Q1 3,024 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,865 6 2 2094.2
2007 Q3 3,000 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,714 11 2 2961.8
2007 Q1 4,914 4 3 814.0
2006 Q4 5,444 9 4 1653.2
2006 Q3 4,950 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,498 2 0 444.6
2006 Q1 3,360 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

September 7, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Wolf Creek Coal Corp LLC · Struck by flying object

I was grinding down where I had just welded and a piece of metal went into my eye.

April 13, 2007 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Coal Corp LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee loosened greese fitting from grease take-up. Jack grease squirted out striking employee on his arm & face. Doctor at hospital released him for work same shift but he hasn't returned to work.

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The full compliance file on Feds Creek #1

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.