Alden Resources LLC · Accident type, without injuries
A 320C Excavator caught on fire while clearing bush and could not be put out with the use of fire extinguishers. No one was injured.
King Mountain Mine Coal
Alden Resources LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Ferroglobe PLC
Williamsburg,
Whitley County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519854
King Mountain Mine has $2K 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2019
- Latest incident
- Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
10
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,762
proposed penalties
$1,762
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
15
inspections on record
443
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: 443 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 Mountain Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-12-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at King Mountain Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.06 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 47 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.06
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.21
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
47
samples
Most recent sample: 2021-03-16.
Silica (quartz)
6.6
silica avg (%)
9.4
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-12-08.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-11-23.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Q1 | 6,283 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 8,527 | 2 | 0 | 234.5 |
| 2020 Q3 | 8,090 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 15,164 | 1 | 1 | 65.9 |
| 2020 Q1 | 14,161 | 3 | 0 | 211.8 |
| 2019 Q4 | 9,835 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 12,511 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 10,755 | 2 | 0 | 186.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q1 | 1,634 | 2 | 0 | 1224.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2019 · 1 incident
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The full compliance file on King Mountain Mine
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.