Hatfield Gap Surface Mine has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2008–2017
Latest incident
Aug 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
169
citations
53
significant & substantial
$26,728
proposed penalties
$26,723
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
55
inspections on record
2,115
inspection hours
8.0
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.
169 citations across 2,115 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hatfield Gap Surface Mine has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5 outstanding across 3 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$5
outstanding
161 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Hatfield Gap Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 239 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.
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
Excavator was loading truck. Hose busted, causing excavator bucket to fall in bed of truck. The weight of bucket in bed raised the truck, then the front of the truck came back down causing a jar in cab of truck. It was a PC 2000 Komatsu excavator.
2014 · 3 incidents
November 4, 2014KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The injured worker, was sharpening a chisel when a sliver of metal from the chisel became dislodged, sailed over the top of his safety glasses and embedded in his right eye
April 18, 2014KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Two welders were welding on the auger, the injured employee was helping the two welders hold the metal that they were welding. The flash from the welding burned the injured employee's eyes, resulting in his eye sight being limited.
2009 · 1 incident
January 14, 2009KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was climbing down ladder of 988F loader and as he approached the ground he twisted his foot and slipped on a block of coal causing him to fall to the ground landing on a block of coal resulting in a laceration of 1-1/2 " to his left thumb.
The full compliance file on Hatfield Gap Surface Mine
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.