Mining Incidents

Gordon No 1 Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Gilley, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518236

Gordon No 1 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
104
citations
37
significant & substantial
$11,447
proposed penalties
$11,024
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $423 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
29
inspections on record
652
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: 652 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gordon No 1 has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-06-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Gordon No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 71 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.
0.23
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.15
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
71
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-07-10.
Silica (quartz)
20.3
silica avg (%)
37.5
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-06-27.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-06-21.
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
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 17,127 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 24,536 4 0 163.0
2006 Q1 21,337 3 0 140.6
2005 Q4 15,581 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 18,494 13 1 702.9
2005 Q1 20,064 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 21,242 13 3 612.0
2004 Q3 18,935 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 15,554 18 13 1157.3
2004 Q1 6,752 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 12,419 7 2 563.7
2003 Q3 0 4 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 1 0
2002 Q3 0 5 1
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 6,144 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 18,247 9 3 493.2
2001 Q1 20,783 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 21,544 11 3 510.6
2000 Q3 24,583 1 1 40.7
2000 Q2 23,529 15 10 637.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2007 · 1 incident

August 20, 2007 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was backing up dozer when he backed over the edge turning the dozer.

2006 · 1 incident

April 26, 2006 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

Employee went to get out of truck, the door opened to easy and the employee fell out. Employee caught his foot between the steering wheel and the seat hurting his groin area and back.

2005 · 1 incident

March 26, 2005 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking down slope pulling hose for the hydroseeder when he slipped. Employee caught himself with his right hand on a rock and cut his thumb area. He received four stitches.

2001 · 1 incident

January 2, 2001 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPENING THE DOOR OF THE POWDER TRUCK TO GET OUT WHEN THE DOOR HANDLE BROKE LACERATING HIS LEFT RING FINGER.

2000 · 2 incidents

December 14, 2000 KY · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING LOADED WHEN THE BOOM OF THE LOADER STRUCK THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED INTO DOOR HURTING SHOULDER.

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The full compliance file on Gordon No 1

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.