REMOVING PANEL BOARD FROM MINING MACHINE, LID SLIPPED AND FELL, HURTING MAN'S HAND.
KOK #2: 774 MSHA citations Coal
KOK #2 has $235K in proposed MSHA penalties and $232K outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 38
- Years on record
- 1986–2003
- Latest incident
- Dec 2003
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.KOK #2 has $235K in proposed MSHA penalties and $232K outstanding across 15 contested dockets.
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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.ⓘ
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.ⓘ
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.| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENT20010108 | Default | Barbour | 2001 | $15K → $15K |
| KENT20010110 | Default | Barbour | 2001 | $12K → $12K |
| KENT20010109 | Default | Barbour | 2001 | $9K → $9K |
| KENT20000085 | Settlement | Hodgdon | 2000 | $5K → $3K |
| KENT20000108 | Default | Barbour | 2000 | $5K → $5K |
| KENT20000239 | Settlement | Bulluck | 2001 | $4K → $3K |
MSHA sampling at KOK #2 shows 94% of 227 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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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.
Last sampled: 2003-12-02, 22 years ago
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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.- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR69
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)25
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)8
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2003-12-10, 22 years ago- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR9
Noise
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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: 2001-12-19, 24 years ago
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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.- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)4
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)3
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR2
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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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 87% | 68 |
| 2002 | 100% | 1 |
| 2001 | 100% | 81 |
| 2000 | 95% | 77 |
| Year | silica avg (%) | samples |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 9.0 | 6 |
| 2001 | 8.2 | 13 |
| 2000 | 8.9 | 14 |
| Year | over PEL | samples |
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| 2001 | 0% | 9 |
| 2000 | 0% | 6 |
KOK #2 recorded 6.65 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
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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.- Eldridge Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1985
- T & T Mining Company 1985 to 1989
- New Harlan Block Coal Company Inc 1989 to 1989
- Benito Mining Corp 1989 to 1996
- Blue Gate Energy Inc 1996 to 1996
- Blue Gate Energy Inc 1996 to 2001
- Northpoint Resources Llc 2001 to 2002
- CNS MINING, INC. 2002 to 2003
- Kelly Branch Resources, Inc. 2003 to present
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.| Year | Employees | Coal produced (tons) |
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| 2003 | 18 | 19,938 |
| 2001 | 20 | 75,603 |
| 2000 | 44 | 229,072 |
KOK #2 sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% of county employment.
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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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2003 Q4 | 5,900 | 97 | 45 | 16440.7 |
| 2001 Q4 | 9,826 | 29 | 16 | 2951.4 |
| 2001 Q3 | 4,311 | 43 | 29 | 9974.5 |
| 2001 Q2 | 0 | 67 | 44 | |
| 2001 Q1 | 5,404 | 69 | 49 | 12768.3 |
| 2000 Q4 | 20,441 | 97 | 62 | 4745.4 |
| 2000 Q3 | 25,146 | 58 | 26 | 2306.5 |
| 2000 Q2 | 24,869 | 47 | 16 | 1889.9 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2000 Q1 | 19,781 | 31 | 9 | 1567.2 |
Reportable incidents
38 on file2003 · 3 incidents
EE WAS GOING TO REPAIR A FEEDER AND WHEN HE STEPPED UP TO IT HE STEPPED IN A HOLE AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.
PULLED HIS BACK LIFTING STRUCTURE.
2000 · 3 incidents
ROCK ON RIB FELL STRIKING MINER OPERATOR IN THE BACK.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS SPOTTING BOLT BACK THATHAD BEEN DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF. AFTER DRILLING ABOUT 6INCHES OF THE HOLE, ROCK FELL STRIKING CANOPY THEN SLID AND HIT OPERATOR.
MECHANIC TRIPPED AND FELL HURTING HIS KNEE.
1999 · 3 incidents
MAN WAS SHOVELING BELT, HE STOPPED TO GET A DRINK OF WATER. HE SET DOWN BESIDE OF RIB AND A PEICE OF ROCK AND COAL ROLLED OFF RIB AND HIT HIM ON SHOULDER.
ROOF FALL.
EE PICKED UP MINER CABLE AND HURT HIS BACK.
1998 · 16 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN RIB ROLLED OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT AN EMPLOYEE ON THE LEG AND FOOT.
COAL RIB ROLLED OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON FOOT.
EE SCRAPED KNUCKLE AND CUT HIS FINGER OPEN WHILE WORKING ON A MINER. IT SET UP AN INFECTION.
EE WAS BOLTING IN THE FACE AND DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP AND CUT EMPLOYEES FINGER.
EE WAS OPERATING A JOY CAR. WHILE DUMPING ON THE FEEDER A PIECE OF COAL ROLLED OFF IN THE DECK WITH HIM AND HIT HIM IN THE LEG.
EE WAS SHOVELING BELT AND HURT HIS BACK. COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN.
OUTSIDE LOADING SUPPLIE AND WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HANDING ROOF BOLTS THE BOLT SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR ON 06-29-98. ALSO EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INJURY U NTIL 07-15-98. EMPLOYEE STOPPED WORK ON 06-29-98FOR DR. VISIT.
EMPLOYEE THROWING CRIB BLOCK FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AND FELT PAIN IN BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 07-06-98.
EMPLOYEE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN DRAW ROCK SLIPPED FROM SIDE OF MINES AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON BACK WHICH IN TURN PUSHED EMPLOYEE FORWARD AND EMPLOYEE HIT CHIN ON BOLT. THIS WAS NOT REPORTED TO EMPLOYER UNTIL 07-09-98.
EMPLOYEE HANGING HIGHLINE AND FELT PAIN IN BACK. EMPLOYEE WORKED A WEEK AND STOPPED WORK ON 05-05-98. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 06-08-98.
EMPLOYEE CROSSING CAT WALK WHEN HAND SLIPPED OFF OF TIMBER AND WHEN FOOT WENT DOWN HE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE CALLED TO REPORT ALLEGED INJURY 04-21-98.
EMPLOYEE WATCHING BELT AND FELT SOMETHING GO INTO EYE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 5-18-98.
EE DRILLING HOLE IN ROOF WRIST HIT DRILL STEEL.
EMPLOYEE OPERATING SCOOP AND RAN OVER A CRIB BLOCK. DID NOT STOP WORK UNTIL 1-19-98. INJURY WAS NOT REPORT TO ISLAND FORK UNTIL 2-13-98.
EE OPERATING MINER WHEN MINER JARRED EE. THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 2/3/98.
1997 · 8 incidents
EMPLOYEE HOLDING MINER PAN UP BY PUSHING DOWN WITH SLATE BAR ALLEGES PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WATCHING ANOTHER REMOVE GLOVE FROM A PIECE OF CONDUIT. WHEN EMPLOYEE PULLED ON GLOVE HIS HAND CAME BACK AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN EYE.
EMPLOYEE PUTTING ROOF BOLT IN TOP OF MINE ROOF WHEN A RIB ROLLED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN LOWER MIDDLE BACK.
EE OPERATING REMOTE CONTROL ON MINER WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAME TOWARD MINER, IT CAUGHT A ROCK & PUSHED IT AGAINST EE'S LEFT FOOT & FOOT WAS BETWEEN ROCK & COAL.
EE WAS IN SCOOP DECK AND ROCK SLIPPED FROM MINE TOP AND STRUCK EE.
EMPLOYEE HOOKING SCOOP UUP TO CHARGE WHEN HE WAS GETTING DOWN HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN FRAME OF SCOOP AND STEERING JACK.
EMPLOYEE PUTTING ROOF BOLT INT EH TOP OF MINES WHEN THE BOLT BENT AND EMPLOYEES HAND WA STRUCK BY THE PLATE ON THE BOLT. EMPLOYER WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 4-17-97. I CALLED THE EMPLOYEE THEN.
EE ALLEGEDLY ON KNEES BY ROOF BOLTER GETTING READY TO BOLT WHEN ROCK ROLLED FROM SIDE & STRUCK EE. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO TALK WITH EE. HE CALLED ON 3/13/97
1989 · 2 incidents
I NAME WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE LOST ELECTRIC POWER GOT OFF TO CHECK POWER LOSS WHEN A SIDE SHUTTLE CAR CAUGHT I NAME RT FOOT AGAINST THE RIB OF THE MINE CRUSHING THE TOES OF HIS RT FOOT
EMPL WAS CHANGING TIRE ON COMPANY"S SCOOP WHEN TIRE BLEW OUT & OUTER RING OF RIM STRUCK HIM IN LOWER STOMACH & UPPER THIGHS. NO BROKEN BONES WERE FOUND & EMPL WAS MONITORED BY DR FOR INTERNAL BLEEDING. NOE WAS FOUND. AFTER FOUR DAYS OF REST& RECOVERY HE RETURNED TO WORK.
1987 · 1 incident
SLAB OF LOCAL R2OF 2X2 0-6" FELL.
1986 · 2 incidents
OVEREXERTION LO5DING TIMBERS PINCHED NERVE.
STRUCK BY FLYIN1 METAL PART OR COMPONENT SHIVE CONT BACKS AND RIBS.