Ku #1: 47 MSHA citations
Coal
Knottsville,
Daviess County,
KY
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Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518229
Ku #1 has $3K 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
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000
- Latest incident
- May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
8
significant & substantial
$3,343
proposed penalties
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.
Rate withheld: 525 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ku #1 has $3K 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.
46 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-12-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
17.0%
significant & substantial
6.5%
high negligence or reckless
15.2%
reasonably likely or greater
32.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.2% low, 91.3% moderate, 6.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Ku #1 shows 78% of 23 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2000-09-06, 25 years ago
11 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 12 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR17
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER2
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE2
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2000-09-07, 25 years ago
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ku #1 recorded 6.45 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 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.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 cases per 100 workers that year.
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
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Kentucky United Coal Llc
2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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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) |
| 2001 |
2 |
7,071 |
| 2000 |
46 |
674,008 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Ku #1 sits in Daviess County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Daviess County, Kentucky · Population 103,195
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$65,323
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 |
| 2001 Q1 |
871 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 |
15,520 |
8 |
1 |
515.5 |
| 2000 Q3 |
36,338 |
4 |
0 |
110.1 |
| 2000 Q2 |
34,449 |
21 |
6 |
609.6 |
| 2000 Q1 |
37,716 |
9 |
0 |
238.6 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2000 · 5 incidents
May 23, 2000
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
ELECTRICAL
Kentucky United Coal Llc · Contact with electrical current
BLASTER SHOT, USING ELECTRIC CAP & DUPLEX COPPERWIRE UNDER POWER LINES; ROCK WENT UP TAKING WIREINTO CONTACT WITH POWER LINES, RESULTING IN HIM BEING SHOCKED. TOOK HIM TO HOSPITAL; HE WAS CONSCIOUS & ALERT--WAS TREATED FOR BURNS TO BOTHFEET AND LEFT HAND; WAS ADMITTED THAT NIGHT TO HOSPITAL, BEING TREATED FOR BURNS & MONITORED FOR OTHER PROBLEMS (HEART ETC.)--WEREN'T ANY.
Kentucky United Coal Llc · Fall from headframe, derrick or tower
WALKING DOWN STEPS OF WASHPLANT CONTROL TOWER WHEN HE FELL HITTING LANDING ON BACK AND NECK AREA.
March 22, 2000
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky United Coal Llc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WHEN STEPPING OFF WATER TRUCK STEPPED ON HOSE ON GROUND TWISTING ANKLE CAUSING FALL.
February 16, 2000
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
FIRE
Kentucky United Coal Llc · Contact with hot objects or substances
EE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN GREASE OFF SHIRT WITH OTHER AFTER WHICH HE WAS ASSISTING WELDER WHEN CLOTHING IGNITED CAUSING BURNS TO ABDOMEN, LEFT LEG AND ARM REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION.
February 7, 2000
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DISMOUNTING DOZER WHEN SLIPPED MISSING LAST STEP FALLING TO GROUND LAND ON RIGHT WRIST & ARM CAUSING SPRAIN TO WRIST.