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Kentucky Energy LLC Job #2: 36 MSHA citations Coal

Kentucky Energy LLC · Surface
Controlled by Charles W Hyden
Martha, Lawrence County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519609

Kentucky Energy LLC Job #2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $117 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
36
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,903
proposed penalties
$4,786
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $117 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Kentucky Energy LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
31
inspections on record
780
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: 780 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kentucky Energy LLC Job #2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $117 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$117
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-05-30.
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.
23.5%
significant & substantial
2.9%
high negligence or reckless
23.5%
reasonably likely or greater
20.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.9% low, 91.2% moderate, 2.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Kentucky Energy LLC Job #2 shows 97% of 71 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: 2019-11-14, 6 years ago
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
71
samples
1.89
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
57 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 14 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR24
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE14
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER12

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2019-06-11, 7 years ago
5.1
silica avg (%)
7
samples
12.5
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR5
  • HIGHWALL DRILL 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: 2019-06-05, 7 years ago
0%
over PEL
35
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR10
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER9
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE6
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
2019 100% 16
2018 92% 13
2014 100% 13
2013 92% 13
2012 100% 11
2011 100% 5
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2019 2.4 2
2018 6.2 5
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2019 0% 5
2018 0% 9
2014 0% 6
2013 0% 5
2012 0% 5
2011 0% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Kentucky Energy LLC Job #2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.

Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.10 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
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Mountain Source Energy LLC 2011 to 2011
  2. Ridgeline Coal LLC 2011 to 2018
  3. Kentucky Energy LLC 2018 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)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 2
2019 9 23,397
2018 11 10,283
2015 0
2014 11 84,557
2013 12 101,971
2012 11 54,883
2011 10 7,130
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kentucky Energy LLC Job #2 sits in Lawrence County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.4% 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.
Lawrence County, Kentucky · Population 16,171
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$45,584
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
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 87 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,170 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,832 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 9,035 1 1 110.7
2019 Q1 12,859 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 13,274 5 2 376.7
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 242 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 8,740 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,765 1 0 114.1
2014 Q1 8,881 8 1 900.8
2013 Q4 8,501 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,811 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 8,843 5 1 565.4
2013 Q1 8,189 1 0 122.1
2012 Q4 7,628 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,136 2 0 280.3
2012 Q1 4,167 1 0 240.0
2011 Q3 2,658 3 0 1128.7

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.