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King Mine Coal

Controlled by Elliot Finley
Hiawatha Townsite, Carbon County, UT  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4202157

King Mine has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Jan 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
32
citations
7
significant & substantial
$10,824
proposed penalties
$8,824
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
528
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: 528 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

King Mine has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 4 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at King Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 9 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.
0.08
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.14
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-02-06.
Silica (quartz)
10.9
silica avg (%)
10.9
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-04-29.
Noise
0%
over PEL
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-02-06.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 103 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 88 1 0 11363.6
2024 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 50 1 0 20000.0
2022 Q2 62 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 263 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2 334 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 197 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 254 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 225 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 159 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 268 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 75 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 254 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 358 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 511 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 426 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 601 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 301 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,960 7 3 3571.4
2013 Q2 1,756 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 113 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 74 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 220 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 234 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 96 19 4 197916.7
2009 Q1 240 1 0 4166.7
2008 Q4 206 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 1 0
2007 Q1 994 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 1 0
2005 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 24 1 0 41666.7
2005 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 163 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 375 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 466 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 361 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 570 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 656 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 990 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,221 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

January 15, 1997 UT · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Fuel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE REPORTED HE SLIPPED ON SNOW AND INJURED RT KNEE.

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