Huff Preparation Plant has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1986–2012
Latest incident
Aug 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
130
citations
39
significant & substantial
$18,724
proposed penalties
$17,391
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,333 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.
130 citations across 1,420 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Huff Preparation Plant has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
128 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
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.
MSHA sampling at Huff Preparation Plant shows 100% of 86 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: 2026-05-11
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
86
samples
0.86
dust max (mg/m3)
0
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.
69 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 17 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.
Huff Preparation Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.08 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
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
Year
Employees
2026
11
2025
12
2024
12
2023
14
2022
15
2021
14
2013
4
2012
27
2011
11
2007
0
2006
1
2005
5
2004
9
2003
3
2002
16
2001
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Huff Preparation Plant 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
EE was sandblasting and pulling the air hose when something got caught on the ground pulling EE backwards, EE then felt something pop in his lower/mid back. EE did not tell anyone that he had hurt his self until a day later. EE was taken to see the doctor and placed on light duty on 8-7-12.
MOBILE EQUIP. OPERATOR WORKING IN CLEAN COAL STOCKPILE. HAD CLEANED OFF 2 OF THE GRAVITY FEED POINTS WITH FRONT END LOADER, THEN DISMOUNTED LOADER, WALKED TO THE #4 FEEDER POINT TO DISLODGE CO AL AND FELL THROUGH THE FEED POINT ON TO BELT.
WHILE CONNECTING PULL CABLE TO RR CAR, SLIPPED ON LUMP OF COAL AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT THE FALL, HIS HAND OR THUMB BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN CABLE HOOK AND RR CAR.
1993 · 1 incident
February 8, 1993KY · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EMPLOEYE WAS YSING A CABLE HOIST TO LOWER A COUNTER BALANCE WEIGHT TO THE PLANT FLOOR.AS HE LOWERED THE COUNTER BALANCE HE NOTICED THAT THE HOISTS CABLE WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH TO REACH THE FL OOR.THE EMPLOYEE AND A HELPER MANUALLY LIFTED AND LOWERED THE COUNTER BALANCE WEIGHT TO THE PLANT FLOOR.THIS RESULTED IN THE INJURY OF THE EMPLOYEE.
1990 · 6 incidents
May 17, 1990KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING RAIL CARS UNDER LOADOUT.THE EMPLOYEE STEP DOWN FROM THE CAR LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
February 12, 1990KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON FRONT END LOADER EMPLOYEE REPLACED A HOSE ON THE ENDLOADER EMPLOYEE THREW THE HOSE ON THE GROUND EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN FROM THE MACHINE STEPPING ON THE HOSE TWISTING T HE RIGHT FOOT & RIGHT ANKLE