Mining Incidents

Island Creek Surface Coal

Controlled by J Mark Campbell
Phyllis, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518417

Island Creek Surface has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
32
citations
13
significant & substantial
$2,707
proposed penalties
$2,707
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
37
inspections on record
693
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: 693 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Island Creek Surface has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-07-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Island Creek Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.42 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 103 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.
0.42
dust avg (mg/m3)
6.76
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
103
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-06-25.
Silica (quartz)
22.8
silica avg (%)
35.3
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-07-28.
Noise
18%
over PEL
40
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-01-11.
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
2007 Q3 0 2 0
2007 Q2 3,739 2 0 534.9
2007 Q1 5,143 1 1 194.4
2006 Q4 5,889 4 1 679.2
2006 Q3 6,410 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,423 3 0 467.1
2006 Q1 6,765 3 1 443.5
2005 Q4 6,530 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 6,286 6 2 954.5
2005 Q2 5,312 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,663 3 2 643.4
2004 Q4 4,211 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,410 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,361 3 2 687.9
2004 Q1 4,822 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,427 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,086 1 1 196.6
2003 Q2 5,391 1 1 185.5
2003 Q1 5,208 1 1 192.0
2002 Q4 5,079 1 1 196.9
2002 Q3 5,518 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,775 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,799 1 0 208.4
2001 Q4 5,836 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,076 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2006 · 1 incident

March 3, 2006 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
P B Dirt Movers Inc · Fall from machine

Double L Trucking truck driver, employed by Clintwood Mng. Co. Inc., jumped from the operator's cab after losing control of the truck. The operator suffered 2 cracked ankles & 1 knee fracture as a result of the impact force experienced when he contacted the ground.

2003 · 2 incidents

May 9, 2003 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
P B Dirt Movers Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A ROCK WITH THE EXCAVATOR BUCKET. THE BUCKET SLIPPED CAUSING THE EXCAVATOR TO MOVE SUDDENLY CAUSING A WHIPLASH TYPE OF INJURY.

March 11, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
P B Dirt Movers Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS CUTTING TREES. HE SET THE SAW DOWN AND WAS STEPPING OVER IT WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON THE SAW BLADE, CUTTING HIS LEG, REQUIRING SIX STITICHES.

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The full compliance file on Island Creek Surface

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.