Mining Incidents

H-3 Coal

Controlled by Jeffery A Hoops
Jewell Ridge, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407293

H-3 has $129K in proposed MSHA penalties and $41K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2012–2013
Latest incident
Aug 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
41
citations
26
significant & substantial
$128,737
proposed penalties
$37,676
paid to date
29% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $91,061 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
19
inspections on record
567
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: 567 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

H-3 has $129K in proposed MSHA penalties and $41K outstanding across 6 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.
$129K
proposed penalties
$78K
current assessed
$38K
paid to date
$41K
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at H-3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.43 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 22 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.
0.43
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.15
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
22
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-06-21.
Noise
0%
over PEL
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-02-10.
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
2014 Q3 5,924 1 1 168.8
2014 Q2 5,293 8 6 1511.4
2014 Q1 5,722 6 5 1048.6
2013 Q4 6,360 2 2 314.5
2013 Q3 6,592 5 2 758.5
2013 Q2 7,733 4 1 517.3
2013 Q1 5,756 8 6 1389.9
2012 Q4 6,340 1 1 157.7
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 7,763 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,453 3 1 317.4
2012 Q1 4,636 3 1 647.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 1 incident

August 7, 2013 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Revelation Energy, LLC. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

while putting a miner back together, his foot slipped and he fell down slippery conditions

2012 · 1 incident

April 15, 2012 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alpha Highwall Mining, LLC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Removing a chain and finger got caught between hook & chain link.

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The full compliance file on H-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.