Hackney Creek Splashdam has $77K in proposed MSHA penalties and $639 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2017–2021
Latest incident
Oct 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
366
citations
61
significant & substantial
$77,312
proposed penalties
$74,791
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,521 gap.
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.
366 citations across 6,325 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hackney Creek Splashdam has $77K in proposed MSHA penalties and $639 outstanding across 8 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.
$77K
proposed penalties
$75K
current assessed
$75K
paid to date
$639
outstanding
359 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-12-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
18citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
13 · 72%
Stood as issued
5 · 28%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 13 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
16%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K proposed, $10K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2021-07-27.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Hackney Creek Splashdam shows 99% of 1,231 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2023-05-01, 3 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1,231
samples
4.84
dust max (mg/m3)
5
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
204 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 1,027 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Hackney Creek Splashdam recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.
Injury rate, 2022
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.58 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
7.43
7.43
0.000
2020 *
3.76
3.76
0.000
2019 *
5.61
5.61
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
5.74
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2023
9
15,537
2022
19
28,325
2021
23
78,251
2020
23
96,218
2019
13
60,987
2018
14
51,795
2017
14
49,749
2016
7
11,331
2015
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hackney Creek Splashdam sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
Changing conveyor pot on cont. miner, using slate bars to remove CLA disc from pot. Laid a slate bar on the ground after removal of disc. Disc slid off conveyor pan catching end of bar causing it to flip up and strike employee in cheek causing cut requiring 8 stitches.
March 1, 2021KY · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerPOWERED HAULAGE
Miner was operating a shuttle car with a hand resting on the side rail of the cab when a rock was dislodged from the floor of the mine, striking the miner's middle and ring finger on left hand.
While working on the C.O. Monitoring system the employee slipped forward. While off balance, reached for the C.O. cable pulling muscles in shoulders and back as well as thinking they may have torn rotator cups on both sides.
Employee struck coal rib while operating a permissible scoop. Afterwards complained of pain in EE's neck. Employee worked until 7/12/19 then sought medical attention.
2017 · 1 incident
October 16, 2017KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee stated, fell while greasing loader. EE went to hospital got checked. Dr done x-rays and said nothing wrong and released EE. However, EE would not return to work and will not answer phone calls.