Ivy Creek Mine
Coal
Ivel,
Floyd County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517661
Ivy Creek Mine has $923 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
- 12
- Years on record
- 1996–1998
- Latest incident
- Sep 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 88 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ivy Creek Mine has $923 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-12-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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 |
| 2001 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
| 2000 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q1 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
|
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
1998 · 4 incidents
September 23, 1998
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lodestar Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING EXPLOSIVES INTO HOLES THAT HE BEEN DRILLED PREVIOUSLY. AS HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PRIMER CARTRIDGE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
June 30, 1998
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lodestar Energy Inc · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER AND A PUNCH TO DRIVE A BEARING OFF OF A CYLINDER. A FRAGMENT OF METAL FLEW AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND GOT ON HIS EYE. HE WENT TO A DOCTOR AND HAD THE METAL REMOV ED.
May 8, 1998
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lodestar Energy Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EE WAS HELPING PULL ON A BROKEN CHAIN SO IT COULD BE SPLICED. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. EE WAS STANDING ON THE DRILL DECK AND HIS FEET SLIPPED OR THE WET SURFACE. HE FELL ON THE DECK AND BRUISED HIS BACK AND HIP. HE CONTINUED TO WORK. ON JUNE 1 1998 HE BEGAN MISSING TIME.
Lodestar Energy Inc · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO FUEL POWDER TRUCK.HE STEPPED OUT OF FUEL TRUCK AND HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE WET STEP RESULTING IN A FALL TO GROUND.HE BRUISED HIS BACK WHEN HE LANDED ON GROUND.
1997 · 4 incidents
June 17, 1997
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS CHANGING A TIRE ON AN OIL TRUCK. AS HE LIFTED THE TIRE ONTO THE HUB HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK. DUE TO VACATION SCHEDULING IT WAS NOT KNOW EE HAS SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT.
March 4, 1997
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MECHANIC REMOVING A FITTING FROM FRONT OF TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER ON D10 BULLDOZER, WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION, STRETCHING UP AND IN AT AN ANGLE TO REACH FITTING, FELT ARM MUSCLE PULL.
February 17, 1997
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS PUTTING THE BELLY PAN ON THE DOZER AND HE WAS USING AN IMPACT WRENCH. HIS BACK AND CHEST BEGAN TO HURT SEVERELY.
January 20, 1997
KY · Coal
coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler
POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object
EE HAD SEEN A DOCTOR 2 WEEKS EARLIER FOR NUMBNESS IN HIS ARM, HE STATED HE DIDN'T KNOW IT IF WAS WORK RELATED. ON 1/20/97 AFTER DRIVING A ROCK TRUCK A COUPLE OF HOURS HE LEFT WORK COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN HIS ARMS, NECK & SHOULDERS.
1996 · 4 incidents
December 1, 1996
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WORKED LAST SHIFT ON 12-1-96. NOTIFIED HIS FOREMAN ON 12-2-96 THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING DUE TO DRIVING ROCK TRUCK. HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT WAS 12-6-96, DID NOT RETURN TO WORK AND SAW DR O N 12-6-96. INCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE DUE TO LOST WORK DAY ON 12-6. CAN'T SITE ANY SPECIFIC INCIDENT THAT CAUSED BACK PAIN. ALLEGES PAIN IS DUE TO DRIVING TRUCK.
Costain Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR LIGHT ON A 992 C LOADER. AS HE STEPPED TOWARD THE CAB HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A MIRROR FRAME. HE CUT HIS RIGHT FOREHEAD. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO PARTS BIN IN THE STORAGE TRAILER. AS HE WORKED HE ALLEGES HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK. HE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 4/8/96. ALSO, MISSED 2 DAYS IN MARCH [27,28].
January 27, 1996
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 992 ENDLOADER. HE ALLEGES THAT PAIN IN HIS BACK IS ATTRIBUTED TO OPERATING ENDLOADER. NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT IS INDICATED.
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