Mining Incidents

Gun Hill No 3 Coal

Gun Hill Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jill Slone
Printer, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516717

Gun Hill No 3 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $18K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1990–1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
146
citations
77
significant & substantial
$18,550
proposed penalties
$796
paid to date
4% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,754 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
1,037
inspection hours
14.1
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.
146 citations across 1,037 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gun Hill No 3 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $18K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$796
paid to date
$18K
outstanding
144 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-11-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Gun Hill No 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.36 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 110 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.
0.36
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.08
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
110
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-11-14.
Silica (quartz)
2.6
silica avg (%)
3.4
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-08-14.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-07-15.
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
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q4 2,016 3 0 1488.1
2002 Q2 2,440 5 3 2049.2
2002 Q1 3,200 4 0 1250.0
2001 Q4 6,400 3 1 468.8
2001 Q3 4,320 9 2 2083.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1994 · 3 incidents

December 17, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & S Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE SAID HE WAS BENDING ROOF BOLT AND PULLED MUSCLE OUT.

October 27, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & S Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

MASHED FINGER

1993 · 2 incidents

December 10, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
J & S Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A SCOOP, & HE RAN OVER A LUMP OF COAL OR A ROCK & IT BOUNCED HIM UP OFF THE SEAT & HURT HIM IN THE GROIN AREA.

June 14, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & S Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

PICKING ROCK AT TAILPIECE & DROPPED ROCK ON HIS FINGER.

1992 · 6 incidents

December 9, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F & B Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DON'T KNOW DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT FOR TWO DAYS.

December 1, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
F & B Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

ROCK LAYING IN ROADWAY AND HE RAN OVER TOP OF IT.

November 19, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider OTHER
F & B Coal Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEART ATTACK.

May 26, 1992 KY · Coal scoop car operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
F & B Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE SIGNED UP ON HIA PNWUMOCONIOSIS AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING 1/0 STAGE.

May 26, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
F & B Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE SIGNED UP FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS & WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING 1/0 STAGE

May 26, 1992 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
F & B Coal Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE SIGNED UP ON PNUMOCONOSIS AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING 1/0 STAGE.

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 2 incidents

July 16, 1990 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F & B Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

WE WERE MAKING A SPLICE IN THE STACKER BELT. WE WERE PULLING IT UPON THE HEAD PIECE. I HAD MY HAND UPON THE FAN BELTS AND AS WE WERE PULLING IT UP THE BELT HEAD ROLLER TURNED AND CAUGHT MY HAN D BETWEEN THE FAN BELTS AND THE PULLEYS.

January 9, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
F & B Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING A LOG WITH CHAIN & ENDLOADER.HOOKED CHAIN TO LOG AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN LOADER ,AND LOG HIT HER AND BROKE HER LEG.

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The full compliance file on Gun Hill No 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.