Mountainside Coal · Struck by falling object
Employee placed his right hand in a pinch point area of the roller and boggie pins while trying to install a chain before performing work on the roller.
Hubbs Creek Surface Mine Coal
Mountainside Coal
· Surface
Controlled by
Damian Caldwell
Barbourville,
Knox County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519552
Hubbs Creek Surface Mine has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2012
- Latest incident
- Mar 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
81
citations
20
significant & substantial
$23,932
proposed penalties
$20,884
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,048 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
14
inspections on record
347
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: 347 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hubbs Creek Surface Mine has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$24K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-05-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Hubbs Creek Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 30 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.15
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
30
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-05-23.
Silica (quartz)
8.5
silica avg (%)
8.5
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-11-27.
Noise
0%
over PEL
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-05-23.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q2 | 11,362 | 13 | 5 | 1144.2 |
| 2013 Q1 | 6,277 | 1 | 1 | 159.3 |
| 2012 Q4 | 8,161 | 15 | 3 | 1838.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 17,151 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 19,743 | 17 | 4 | 861.1 |
| 2012 Q1 | 14,460 | 16 | 3 | 1106.5 |
| 2011 Q4 | 6,759 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 8,351 | 19 | 4 | 2275.2 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Q2 | 1,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2012 · 1 incident
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