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Kelly Fork Job: 42 MSHA citations Coal

Sassafras, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518806

Kelly Fork Job has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $958 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2005–2007
Latest incident
Jun 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
42
citations
28
significant & substantial
$5,492
proposed penalties
$4,459
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,033 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Miller Bros Coal LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
10
inspections on record
495
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: 495 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kelly Fork Job has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $958 outstanding across 2 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$958
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $394 in penalties contested before the Commission, $319 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-07-05.
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.
66.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
66.7%
reasonably likely or greater
47.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.4% low, 97.6% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 33%
67%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
19%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$394 proposed, $319 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2006-03-09.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
KENT 2005-193 Settlement Melick 2005 $270 → $195
KENT 2006-215 Default Lesnick 2006 $124 → $124
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Kelly Fork Job shows 95% of 39 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2007-06-13, 19 years ago
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
39
samples
2.50
dust max (mg/m3)
35 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 4 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR13
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR10
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE8

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2006-05-16, 20 years ago
10.2
silica avg (%)
2
samples
12.4
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2007-06-13, 19 years ago
3%
over PEL
32
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR10
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR8
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER7
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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 by year
ⓘ 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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2007 100% 4
2006 94% 16
2005 95% 19
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2007 0% 4
2006 0% 10
2005 6% 18
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Kelly Fork Job recorded 1.97 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
1.97
total case rate
1.97
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.87 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.96 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2006 1.97 1.97 0.000
2005 * 2.62 2.62 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Miller Bros Coal Inc 2004 to 2005
  2. Miller Bros Coal LLC 2005 to present
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)
2007 30 268,313
2006 37 359,346
2005 29 370,606
2004 24 55,964
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kelly Fork Job sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
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
2007 Q3 8,639 2 1 231.5
2007 Q2 20,483 3 0 146.5
2007 Q1 19,630 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 26,920 4 4 148.6
2006 Q3 27,508 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 25,017 3 2 119.9
2006 Q1 21,925 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 24,095 5 1 207.5
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 18,486 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 15,109 1 1 66.2
2005 Q1 18,659 2 1 107.2
2004 Q4 11,242 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2007 · 1 incident

June 7, 2007 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Fall from machine

Employee had completed servicing a CAT 992G front-end loader, he was dismounting, when he fell and injured his back.

2006 · 1 incident

October 30, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing core from core barrel, his index finger on his left hand got caught between the rock & the drill platform.

2005 · 1 incident

November 18, 2005 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was hauling rock when highwall fell hitting cab shield on rock truck throwing employee against driver door.