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Flag Ridge Coal

Controlled by Damian Caldwell
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519627

Flag Ridge has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2012–2014
Latest incident
Apr 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
76
citations
21
significant & substantial
$18,098
proposed penalties
$15,975
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,123 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
40
inspections on record
751
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: 751 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Flag Ridge has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 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
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-03-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Flag Ridge shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.20 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 70 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.
0.20
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.22
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
70
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-05-09.
Silica (quartz)
12.3
silica avg (%)
19.0
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-03-26.
Noise
5%
over PEL
37
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-03-20.
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
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 2,742 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,475 6 2 1095.9
2017 Q4 4,867 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,220 5 0 2252.3
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 1,163 3 0 2579.5
2014 Q4 10,059 3 1 298.2
2014 Q3 21,149 5 0 236.4
2014 Q2 27,503 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 24,305 3 0 123.4
2013 Q4 21,979 1 1 45.5
2013 Q3 21,268 5 4 235.1
2013 Q2 19,825 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 9,973 17 4 1704.6
2012 Q4 19,339 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 9,966 11 6 1103.8
2012 Q2 14,713 1 1 68.0
2012 Q1 10,340 16 2 1547.4
2011 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

April 9, 2014 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The employee was watching another employee hydroseeding with the hose when the other employee lost his footing & stumbled & employee ran to assist the other employee, fell and rolled down the slope, pulling the muscles in his neck.

March 15, 2014 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Struck against a moving object

The Dozer operator was tramming backward in a shot when the track slipped off of a boulder and injured his left side soft tissue in the rib area

2012 · 2 incidents

October 26, 2012 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee turned the A/C unit on and an unidentified object flew into the employees eye.

July 12, 2012 KY · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was exiting the excavator, as he stepped down on the track he lost his balance due to the track being wet and twisted his left knee.

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