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Gray Fork Coal

Controlled by Clifford W Sams
Manchester, Clay County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1504371

Gray Fork has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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
1988–1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
57
citations
21
significant & substantial
$5,253
proposed penalties
$2,126
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,127 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
68
inspections on record
951
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: 951 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gray Fork has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-12-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Gray Fork shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 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.
0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.63
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-07-14.
Noise
0%
over PEL
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-07-14.
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
2011 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 400 3 3 7500.0
2010 Q3 700 2 0 2857.1
2010 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 360 2 0 5555.6
2009 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 360 2 2 5555.6
2009 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 400 5 0 12500.0
2008 Q4 460 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 480 6 2 12500.0
2008 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 320 4 2 12500.0
2007 Q1 1,920 7 3 3645.8
2006 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,400 3 1 1250.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 2 2
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

August 1, 1991 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lewis Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING COAL INTO LOADER BUCKET HURT HIS BACK (BUT DID NOT REPORT HIS INJURY TO LEWIS COAL CO. UNTIL 9/6/91) HE KEPT ON WORKING. FIRST DR. APPT. 9.5.91.

April 26, 1991 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lewis Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON MONDAY APRIL 22ND, HE WAS BREAKING CONCRETE WITH A PICK AND IRRITATED HIS BACK. KEPT ON GOING UNTIL FRIDAY APRIL 26TH. HE WAS SHOVELING SOD AND HURT HIS BACK AGAIN.

1988 · 1 incident

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