Mining Incidents

Gatliff No 2: 9 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by TECO Energy Inc
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1510392

Gatliff No 2 has $588 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1992
Latest incident
Sep 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
9
citations
5
significant & substantial
$588
proposed penalties
$588
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
1
inspections on record
26
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: 26 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gatliff No 2 has $588 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$588
proposed penalties
$588
current assessed
$588
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-05-01.
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.
55.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
55.6%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.2% low, 77.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Gatliff Coal Company Inc 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 3
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gatliff No 2 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
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
2001 Q2 24 3 1 125000.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1992 · 1 incident

September 4, 1992 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded

VICTIM WAS THREADING BOLTS ON DOZER TRACKS AND WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES. WHEN HE TRIED TO STAND UP HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND THAT ORIGNATED FROM HIS KNEES. HIS KNEES THEN BEGAN TO HURT HIM.

1983 · 2 incidents

April 8, 1983 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gatliff Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE EMP WAS STEPPING ONTO DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS STOMACH AND HEAD AGAINST DOZER