Mining Incidents

Frasure Creek Mining LLC F-2 Coal

Mcdowell, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518353

Frasure Creek Mining LLC F-2 has $335K in proposed MSHA penalties and $96K outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2001–2007
Latest incident
Apr 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
407
citations
235
significant & substantial
$334,997
proposed penalties
$145,202
paid to date
43% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $189,795 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
67
inspections on record
2,067
inspection hours
19.7
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.
407 citations across 2,067 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Frasure Creek Mining LLC F-2 has $335K in proposed MSHA penalties and $96K outstanding across 9 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.
$335K
proposed penalties
$241K
current assessed
$145K
paid to date
$96K
outstanding
394 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-11-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Frasure Creek Mining LLC F-2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.29 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 125 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.
0.29
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.62
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
125
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-10-28.
Silica (quartz)
6.2
silica avg (%)
19.4
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-06.
Noise
5%
over PEL
66
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-13.
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 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 3 1
2012 Q3 4,491 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,668 6 1 1058.6
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 6,398 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,683 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,813 0 0 0.0
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 3,057 5 3 1635.6
2010 Q4 1,612 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,640 4 0 2439.0
2010 Q2 1,502 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,430 10 4 6993.0
2009 Q4 1,543 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,617 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,790 18 10 10055.9
2009 Q1 10,084 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 39,693 12 6 302.3
2008 Q3 53,288 35 10 656.8
2008 Q2 36,801 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 46,915 36 12 767.3
2007 Q4 26,410 2 1 75.7
2007 Q3 32,908 51 29 1549.8
2007 Q2 27,014 1 0 37.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 23 15
2006 Q3 0 37 27
2006 Q1 0 28 21
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 36 24
2005 Q1 455 30 21 65934.1
2004 Q4 34,468 1 0 29.0
2004 Q3 0 3 3
2004 Q2 0 6 4
2004 Q1 1,205 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,593 6 2 1306.3
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 7,469 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 22,663 1 1 44.1
2002 Q4 11,805 2 0 169.4
2002 Q3 21,864 1 1 45.7
2002 Q2 22,688 18 15 793.4
2002 Q1 14,031 24 21 1710.5
2001 Q4 17,157 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 13,974 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 13,135 6 2 456.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2007 · 1 incident

April 12, 2007 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Was pushing brush-blade caught, dozer overturned.

2005 · 3 incidents

February 10, 2005 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

D8 dozer was pushing shot material out onto coal level. As he was backing up towards the back section, it appeared that the machine turned to its right, backing over the edge of the shot. The result of this caused the dozer to turn over onto a 15' rock wall.

February 10, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH CARRYING OUT AN INJURED COWORKER WHO WAS ON A STRETCHER. EE & 3 OTHERS WERE CARRYING THE STRETCHER. EE STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

February 1, 2005 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Right hand was drawn into verticle auger while cutting out bad verticle auger bit with acetylene oxygen torch. When the bad bit was cut, pressure was then released causing verticle auger to turn, drawing right hand into auger causing hnad to become lodged with the weight of auger on injured section of wrist and right hand.

2004 · 1 incident

September 29, 2004 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD BEEN INSTALLING A 70 LB DECK BUSHING ON A DRILL. AS HE WAS LEAVING THE JOB SITE, HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION & SHARP PAIN IN HIS NECK.

2003 · 1 incident

December 8, 2003 KY · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE said he threw fuel in stove fire barrell, white smoke started coming out then it blew up on him.

2002 · 1 incident

December 1, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

REMOVING AND REPLACING TILT CYLINDER, BEARING WERE BAD IN TILT LINK AND EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO REPLACE BEARINGS. WHILE USING HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF OF THE BEARINGS & EMBEDDE D INTO HIS FACE.

2001 · 1 incident

December 10, 2001 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CUTTING TREES FOR A HOLLOW FILL. ONE CUT A TREE THAT FELL THE WRONG WAY. THE TOP OF THE TREE STRUCK THE OTHER, CAUSING NECK, SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK INJURIES.

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The full compliance file on Frasure Creek Mining LLC F-2

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.