Mining Incidents

FG 12 Coal

McDowell, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518612

FG 12 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
51
citations
17
significant & substantial
$5,420
proposed penalties
$3,588
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,832 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
28
inspections on record
566
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: 566 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FG 12 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-12-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at FG 12 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.69 mg/m3 (83% compliant) across 35 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.
0.69
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.02
dust max (mg/m3)
83%
within 1.5 mg/m3
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-04.
Silica (quartz)
4.9
silica avg (%)
4.9
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-26.
Noise
8%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-18.
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
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q3 21,258 20 7 940.8
2008 Q2 1,490 5 2 3355.7
2003 Q2 4,747 5 2 1053.3
2003 Q1 0 5 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

August 27, 2008 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fools Gold Energy Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operating battery powered S&S scoop. While exiting operators deck, slipped and left knee made a popping sound.

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The full compliance file on FG 12

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.