Mining Incidents

GHM #51 Coal

Controlled by Laird T Orr Jr.
Barbourville, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407079

GHM #51 has $151K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003–2017
Latest incident
Mar 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
14
citations
3
significant & substantial
$151,496
proposed penalties
$36,030
paid to date
24% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $115,466 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
33
inspections on record
723
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: 723 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

GHM #51 has $151K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$151K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at GHM #51 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 32 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.
0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.06
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-11-17.
Noise
7%
over PEL
29
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-11-17.
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 Q2 97 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,920 1 0 342.5
2016 Q4 1,640 3 0 1829.3
2016 Q3 2,060 2 0 970.9
2011 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,624 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,109 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 525 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 1,400 1 0 714.3
2010 Q1 1,378 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,379 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,136 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,195 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 800 2 0 2500.0
2008 Q4 1,010 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 822 1 0 1216.5
2008 Q2 783 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,025 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,377 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 937 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 750 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 894 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 579 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 805 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 516 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,156 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 431 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 526 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 498 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 401 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 888 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 55 1 0 18181.8

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 30, 2017 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Green Hill Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

While changing work cutter head bits on the coal auger machine, ee was struck by a rock approx 4 feet by 5 feet by 30 inches that fell from the bottom section of the highwall. EE was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2003 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on GHM #51

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.