Mining Incidents

Laurel Creek #01 Coal

Manchester, Clay County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518405

Laurel Creek #01 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
4
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,645
proposed penalties
$145
paid to date
9% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
6
inspections on record
70
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: 70 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Laurel Creek #01 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$145
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-09-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Laurel Creek #01 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.20 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 1 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.
0.20
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.20
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-09-26.
Noise
0%
over PEL
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-09-26.
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
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 5,637 1 0 177.4
2001 Q3 2,118 3 2 1416.4

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Laurel Creek #01

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.