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.
489 citations across 7,457 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
G5 DEEPMINE has $86K 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.
$86K
proposed penalties
$86K
current assessed
$84K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
479 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at G5 DEEPMINE shows 100% of 2,470 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2024-07-10
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
2,470
samples
2.12
dust max (mg/m3)
2
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
302 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 2,168 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
G5 DEEPMINE recorded 4.67 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.
Injury rate, 2023
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
4.67
total case rate
4.67
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.32 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2023 *
4.67
4.67
0.000
2022
1.76
1.76
0.000
2020 *
2.15
2.15
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2023
51
146,820
2022
63
205,193
2021
35
99,581
2020
47
125,927
2019
17
28,474
2018
36
98,664
2017
17
35,952
2016
0
2015
0
2014
1
2013
2
2012
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
G5 DEEPMINE sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2023 Q4
6,620
10
0
1510.6
2023 Q3
24,698
10
3
404.9
2023 Q2
27,315
19
1
695.6
2023 Q1
27,045
11
0
406.7
2022 Q4
28,739
10
0
348.0
2022 Q3
29,519
19
3
643.7
2022 Q2
26,755
15
1
560.6
2022 Q1
28,348
16
5
564.4
Show 28 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2021 Q3
10
48
7
4800000.0
2021 Q2
27,976
39
6
1394.1
2021 Q1
24,943
18
2
721.6
2020 Q4
24,843
26
4
1046.6
2020 Q3
20,227
28
3
1384.3
2020 Q2
24,693
25
7
1012.4
2020 Q1
23,328
14
3
600.1
2019 Q4
11,890
4
1
336.4
2019 Q3
2,285
4
1
1750.5
2019 Q2
1,755
5
0
2849.0
2019 Q1
14,063
22
1
1564.4
2018 Q4
14,694
12
4
816.7
2018 Q3
16,373
13
3
794.0
2018 Q2
19,877
23
3
1157.1
2018 Q1
15,962
21
3
1315.6
2017 Q4
12,720
28
2
2201.3
2017 Q3
6,393
3
2
469.3
2017 Q2
564
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q4
150
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q2
320
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
360
2
0
5555.6
2012 Q4
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2023 · 2 incidents
August 21, 2023KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Installing bottom rollers and EE felt a popping in their shoulder.
August 16, 2023KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Jet Coal Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Operator had hand laying on long arm of bolter while drilling wasn't paying attention caught left hand in pinch area on canopy & cut tip of ring finger off.
Piece of rock or other material flew back & struck miner man in left eye as miner man was cutting second lift out of 8 head. Miner man was positioned about 8 ft. past tail boom in 8 right intersection.