Mining Incidents

Gatliff Surface #3 Coal

Controlled by TECO Energy Inc
Calvin, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518628

Gatliff Surface #3 has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $260 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
82
citations
26
significant & substantial
$52,269
proposed penalties
$34,666
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,603 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
27
inspections on record
614
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: 614 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 Surface #3 has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $260 outstanding across 4 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.
$52K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$260
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-09-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Gatliff Surface #3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 114 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.
0.18
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.32
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
114
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-09-11.
Silica (quartz)
14.8
silica avg (%)
26.5
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-09-24.
Noise
8%
over PEL
53
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-09-09.
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
2017 Q1 11,200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,557 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 11,194 2 0 178.7
2009 Q2 13,218 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 13,478 2 1 148.4
2008 Q4 13,453 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 13,967 19 9 1360.3
2008 Q2 17,150 0 0 0.0
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 13,163 6 1 455.8
2007 Q4 14,727 11 6 746.9
2007 Q3 13,925 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 15,530 14 5 901.5
2007 Q1 15,415 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 17,019 3 0 176.3
2006 Q3 14,891 9 0 604.4
2006 Q2 16,957 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 16,493 3 0 181.9
2005 Q4 16,429 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 15,101 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 16,827 4 2 237.7
2005 Q1 16,137 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 13,453 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 17,082 1 0 58.5
2004 Q2 18,795 3 0 159.6
2004 Q1 18,215 3 1 164.7
2003 Q4 19,760 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 15,817 2 1 126.4
2003 Q2 7,045 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

August 5, 2006 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gatliff Coal Co., Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Injured had stepped out of the dozer to "relieve" himself, when he slipped on the dozer and fell. He struck his leg against the machine and thought he had broken his leg. He was taken to the Pineville Community Hospital for evaluation and X-rays.

July 11, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gatliff Coal Co., Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Injured was changing engine on loader. Lost his balance and was unable to catch himself and fell onto the counter weight. He landed on his lower back and tailbone.

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The full compliance file on Gatliff Surface #3

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.