Mining Incidents

Job #19: 5 MSHA citations Coal

LCC Kentucky LLC · Surface
McAndrews, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517684

Job #19 has $287 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
7
Years on record
1996–2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$287
proposed penalties
$287
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
4
inspections on record
52
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: 52 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Job #19 has $287 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.
$287
proposed penalties
$287
current assessed
$287
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-10-12.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Universal Mining Corp 1995 to 1996
  2. Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc 1996 to 2005
  3. LCC Kentucky LLC 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 0
2005 4
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Job #19 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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 2,097 4 1 1907.5
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2005 · 1 incident

October 5, 2005 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a dozer vertical on a steep slope. While operating dozer employee backed over a rock and the dozer rolled over injuring right shoulder.

1998 · 2 incidents

March 12, 1998 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

WAS CLIMBING INTO THE CAB OF THIS TRUCK, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL, SKINNING HIS SHIN & BRUISING HIS KNEE ON THE STEP.

1997 · 3 incidents

November 20, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

PUSHING OUT A SHOT (UP HILL) DOZER STARTED BACKWARDS AND HIT A ROCK. STOPPED THE DOZER WHICH RESUTLTED IN AN INJURY TO THE NECK OF EE.

1996 · 1 incident

November 8, 1996 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE DOZER, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ASTRADDLE THE PUSH ARM OF THE DOZER. HE SKINNED THE CALF OF HIS RIGHT LEG. HE ALSO BRUISED THE INNER THIGH. AND THE TAIL BONE.