Knox Expanded Reserves has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
84
citations
25
significant & substantial
$10,687
proposed penalties
$10,687
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.
Rate withheld: 537 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Knox Expanded Reserves has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $600 in penalties contested before the Commission, $400 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-06.
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.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 67%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 33%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$600 proposed, $400 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2013-10-17.
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.
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.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2022-03-16, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2022-03-16
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.5
10
0.05
Dredge/Barge Operator
2022-03-16
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-16
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.23
10
0.02
Supervisor, Co. Official
2021-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2021-09-22
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Dredge/Barge Operator
2016-04-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-04-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.7
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2022-03-16, 4 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2022-03-16
ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS
0
SF ACTIVE MINING
2022-03-16
QUARTZ (BULK DUST)
0
SF ACTIVE MINING
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2022
3
2021
3
2020
3
2019
3
2018
3
2017
4
2016
3
2015
3
2014
3
2013
4
2012
4
2011
4
2010
4
2009
4
2008
5
2007
4
2006
4
2005
5
2004
5
2003
4
2002
4
2001
3
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Knox Expanded Reserves sits in Knox County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Knox County, Indiana · Population 36,108
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,863
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
EE stated he climbed over a rail on the dredge/float in order to grease a pulley, when stepping back over rail onto walkway, EE stated he felt a twing of pain in left knee. 5/5/08 EE was seen by Dr. and was told he a strain/sprain to left knee, gave EE medicine. EE started missing work on 5/7/08.