Kensington Prep. Plant has $4K 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
10
Years on record
1990–2010
Latest incident
Sep 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
38
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,038
proposed penalties
$4,038
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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.
38 citations across 1,163 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Kensington Prep. Plant has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-02-27.
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 violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Kensington Prep. Plant shows 100% of 89 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: 2013-08-26, 13 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
89
samples
1.28
dust max (mg/m3)
89 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER35
CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR18
UTILITY MAN8
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.
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.
Kensington Prep. Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.
Injury rate, 2013
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, coal mining averaged 4.98 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
4.85
4.85
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
3.85
3.85
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2019
0
2018
0
2017
0
2016
0
2015
0
2014
1
2013
10
2012
12
2011
19
2010
20
2009
20
2008
16
2007
16
2006
16
2005
16
2004
16
2003
11
2002
10
2001
11
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Kensington Prep. Plant sits in Columbiana County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Columbiana County, Ohio · Population 101,203
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,474
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
2019 Q4
0
0
0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2017 Q1
0
3
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
1,725
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,796
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,434
2
1
368.1
2013 Q2
5,990
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
6,287
1
0
159.1
2012 Q4
6,251
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
6,780
4
0
590.0
2012 Q2
6,024
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
8,956
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
9,847
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
10,857
1
1
92.1
2011 Q2
12,357
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
12,823
1
0
78.0
2010 Q4
12,374
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
10,782
3
1
278.2
2010 Q2
7,372
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
10,744
2
1
186.2
2009 Q4
9,820
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
11,568
6
2
518.7
2009 Q2
16,177
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
13,618
3
2
220.3
2008 Q4
14,115
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
13,024
1
0
76.8
2008 Q2
12,598
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
12,157
1
0
82.3
2007 Q4
10,781
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
11,527
1
0
86.8
2007 Q2
9,973
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
12,031
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
11,687
2
0
171.1
2006 Q3
12,077
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
9,560
1
0
104.6
2006 Q1
13,116
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
12,065
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
11,551
1
1
86.6
2005 Q2
9,535
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
10,922
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
8,910
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
10,464
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
11,613
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
9,854
1
0
101.5
2003 Q4
10,858
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
9,492
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
9,768
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
9,037
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
10,558
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
9,834
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
11,516
1
0
86.8
2002 Q1
8,844
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
10,808
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
9,395
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
10,337
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,125
1
0
123.1
2000 Q4
12,396
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,780
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
10,072
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
7,980
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2010 · 1 incident
September 30, 2010OH · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Using a forklift, a large piece of steel plate was being flipped. The plate flipped opposite the way it was intended. When it fell, it hit the injured on the back of the heel and broke his lower leg.
2008 · 1 incident
July 8, 2008OH · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerOTHER
EMPL WAS TRYING TO TRIM EXCESS SILICONE OFF OF FILTER DISC WITH RAZOR NIFE. KNIFE WAS IN LEFT HAND HE WAS HOLDING SILICONE WITH RIGHT HAND WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT RIGHT THUMB.
January 20, 1991OH · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WELDER WERE LOWERING A TRELEX RUBBER PIPE WITH A CAST IRON ELBOW ATTACHED. THE LOWERING CHAIN GOT CAUGHT ON THE FLOORING ABOVE THAT CAUSED SLACK IN CHAIN. IT BROKE LOOSE FROM THE FLOOR AND TRE LEX HIT EE ON THE LEG AND KNOCKEDHIM OFF THE PLATFORM. HE FELL 6 TO 7 FT TO THE FLOOR.
August 22, 1990OH · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON PLATFORM CLEANING REFUSE CHUTE. HE STARTED TO SLIP AND TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND HIT BACK OF HAND ON METAL BOX. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.
June 18, 1990OH · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)