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: 184 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 No 17 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $452 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$661
paid to date
$452
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-02-04.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2004
5
2003
10
2002
5
2001
3
11,261
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Job No 17 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
CONTUR METHOD SURFACE MINING WAS BEING CONDUCTEDON THE WILLIAMSON SEAM WHEN THE 992 LOADER WAS CLEANING THE LAST OF THE PIT, UNCOVERED A ADEEP MINE WHICH WAS FULL OF WATER, THIS WATAER RAN DOW N THE DRAIN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL WHERE IT GOT INTO ONE HOUSE AND IN THE YARD OF ANOTHER ONE. ROCKS, DEBRI WAS WASHED AROUND BOTH HOUSES CLEAN UP IS BEING DONE.
1994 · 2 incidents
May 6, 1994KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE AUGER CREW WAS RETRACTING AUGER FLIGHTS END EE WAS STACKING FLIGHTS THE STACK BECAME UNEVEN & THE FLIGHTS BEGAN TO FALL AN AUGER FLIGHT CAME FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE PIE STRICKING HIM ON THE FOOT HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY TOOK XRAYS OF HIS FOOT DETERMING IT WAS BROKE
EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE AUGER USING A 4 TO 1 WRENCH THE WRENCH SLIPPED & FLEW UP HITTING EE IN THE MOUTH HE HAD A BAD CUT ON HIS MOUTH & TOOTH LOSS
1993 · 2 incidents
August 3, 1993KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS