KC #1 has $1.0M in proposed MSHA penalties and $918K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
698
citations
246
significant & substantial
$1,031,818
proposed penalties
$100,873
paid to date
10% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $930,945 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
75
inspections on record
3,807
inspection hours
18.3
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.
698 citations across 3,807 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
KC #1 has $1.0M in proposed MSHA penalties and $918K outstanding across 7 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.
$1.0M
proposed penalties
$1.0M
current assessed
$101K
paid to date
$918K
outstanding
671 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at KC #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.50 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 216 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.
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
Worker took it on his self to cut belt line down without the use of the equipment that we was using to take it down with. He cut it then started walking away from it as it was falling. Then it caught the catwalk he was on and flipped him over the double hand rail on the catwalk and fell to the ground about 20 ft down.
Freezing and thawing temperature changes contributed to material becoming unstable. The effected area did not show any signs of weakness or deterioration prior to rock/material sliding off highwall into pit.
2008 · 1 incident
February 6, 2008KY · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
Solar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Was backing cutter out of #11 entry and thru wing curtain and hit rib.
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