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Honey Hole LLC Coal

Honey Hole LLC · Facility
Controlled by Douglas Vaughn
East Bernstadt, Laurel County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1507305

Honey Hole LLC has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1996–2011
Latest incident
Jan 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
372
citations
207
significant & substantial
$74,946
proposed penalties
$71,498
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,448 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
110
inspections on record
3,094
inspection hours
12.0
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.
372 citations across 3,094 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Honey Hole LLC has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 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.
$75K
proposed penalties
$75K
current assessed
$71K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
361 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-01-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Honey Hole LLC shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 121 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.
0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.05
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
121
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-12-03.
Silica (quartz)
0.8
silica avg (%)
0.8
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-12-18.
Noise
3%
over PEL
100
samples
Most recent sample: 2021-05-17.
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
2021 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 960 1 0 1041.7
2020 Q4 1,050 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 480 1 0 2083.3
2019 Q3 960 2 0 2083.3
2019 Q2 480 1 0 2083.3
2019 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 960 1 0 1041.7
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,920 1 0 520.8
2018 Q1 1,100 1 0 909.1
2017 Q4 1,020 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 972 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 960 5 2 5208.3
2016 Q4 1,672 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,188 1 0 457.0
2016 Q2 2,106 9 1 4273.5
2016 Q1 1,842 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,938 5 1 2580.0
2015 Q3 1,876 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,964 17 7 8655.8
2015 Q1 2,160 2 0 925.9
2014 Q4 1,920 3 2 1562.5
2014 Q3 2,035 3 3 1474.2
2014 Q2 2,100 5 4 2381.0
2014 Q1 2,110 1 0 473.9
2013 Q4 2,120 32 19 15094.3
2013 Q3 2,110 8 5 3791.5
2013 Q2 2,000 23 15 11500.0
2013 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,600 11 8 6875.0
2012 Q3 1,600 14 7 8750.0
2012 Q2 1,200 3 0 2500.0
2012 Q1 1,160 14 8 12069.0
2011 Q4 1,160 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,000 11 8 11000.0
2011 Q2 1,000 11 9 11000.0
2011 Q1 1,000 10 7 10000.0
2010 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,000 7 7 7000.0
2010 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,165 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,000 8 4 8000.0
2009 Q3 1,116 1 1 896.1
2009 Q2 706 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 765 8 3 10457.5
2008 Q4 1,424 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 122 5 0 40983.6
2008 Q2 1,015 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,141 17 16 14899.2
2007 Q4 918 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 922 2 0 2169.2
2007 Q2 890 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3 6 0 2000000.0
2006 Q4 1,754 1 0 570.1
2006 Q3 1,998 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,056 18 6 17045.5
2004 Q2 8,714 23 17 2639.4
2004 Q1 7,506 2 1 266.5
2003 Q4 6,872 5 4 727.6
2003 Q3 8,793 38 20 4321.6
2003 Q2 7,591 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,854 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,115 4 0 562.2
2002 Q3 6,672 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,092 2 2 392.8
2002 Q1 5,880 9 8 1530.6
2001 Q4 6,687 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,197 8 6 1539.3
2001 Q2 5,045 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,558 1 0 219.4
2000 Q4 4,450 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,478 2 2 575.0
2000 Q2 3,147 3 3 953.3
2000 Q1 2,801 2 1 714.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

January 15, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Honey Hole LLC · Fall from machine

EE was climbing down off the loader he missed the last step. EE fell onto concrete on his hip.

1996 · 1 incident

January 22, 1996 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ruby Coal Of London Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING DOWN BINDER LEVER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL FORWARD WITH LEVER STRIKING HIS EYE.

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