Flat Creek Mine
Coal
Barbourville,
Knox County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519696
Flat Creek Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2015
- Latest incident
- Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
6
significant & substantial
$4,990
proposed penalties
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $54 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 328 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Flat Creek Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
39 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Flat Creek Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 59 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.
Most recent sample: 2016-08-09.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2016-08-18.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2016-04-19.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2016 Q3 |
6,681 |
4 |
1 |
598.7 |
| 2016 Q2 |
10,312 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 |
19,875 |
13 |
0 |
654.1 |
| 2015 Q4 |
20,473 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 |
19,168 |
9 |
1 |
469.5 |
| 2015 Q2 |
23,872 |
2 |
2 |
83.8 |
| 2015 Q1 |
20,729 |
11 |
2 |
530.7 |
| 2014 Q4 |
10,118 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2015 · 4 incidents
June 18, 2015
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE was attempting to pump water from the pond and as he was approaching the water pump, he fell in the spillway bruising his left elbow and left thigh
March 31, 2015
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The serviceman had finished servicing the D10N Dozer, stepped off of the push arm, and while holding onto the handhold, he stepped onto the ground while turning around and twisted his back resulting in a muscle sprain.
March 12, 2015
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects
Mr. Hatfield had assisted in moving the port-a-potty, and upon entering his service truck, he experienced pain & a burning sensation in his hips and legs.
February 23, 2015
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Co., Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface
The equipment serviceman slipped and fell on ice while servicing a light plant
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The full compliance file on Flat Creek Mine
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.