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Liberty Management #8 Coal

Hazard, Perry County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1519068

Liberty Management #8 has $212K in proposed MSHA penalties and $71K outstanding across 16 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2008–2011
Latest incident
Sep 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
268
citations
88
significant & substantial
$211,907
proposed penalties
$116,840
paid to date
55% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $95,067 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
140
inspections on record
3,544
inspection hours
7.6
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.
268 citations across 3,544 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Liberty Management #8 has $212K in proposed MSHA penalties and $71K outstanding across 16 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.
$212K
proposed penalties
$188K
current assessed
$117K
paid to date
$71K
outstanding
260 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-09-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Liberty Management #8 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 171 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.
0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.62
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
171
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-10-07.
Silica (quartz)
6.8
silica avg (%)
40.2
silica max (%)
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-10-16.
Noise
3%
over PEL
87
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-10-07.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 5 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,122 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,398 1 0 294.3
2020 Q1 3,895 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,413 3 2 879.0
2019 Q3 4,106 1 1 243.5
2019 Q2 4,121 6 2 1456.0
2019 Q1 4,248 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,122 5 1 1213.0
2018 Q3 4,848 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,124 4 0 969.9
2018 Q1 3,993 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,857 4 0 823.6
2017 Q3 3,900 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,407 5 0 1134.6
2017 Q1 420 4 1 9523.8
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 6,510 7 1 1075.3
2015 Q4 0 1 0
2015 Q3 0 4 1
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 5 0
2014 Q4 9,625 4 0 415.6
2014 Q3 2,560 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,520 4 0 1587.3
2014 Q1 938 5 0 5330.5
2013 Q4 1,695 3 0 1769.9
2013 Q3 1,418 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,891 21 9 11105.2
2013 Q1 1,904 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,823 8 3 2833.9
2012 Q3 2,661 4 0 1503.2
2012 Q2 11,549 1 0 86.6
2012 Q1 29,073 37 19 1272.7
2011 Q4 24,321 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 24,451 12 8 490.8
2011 Q2 21,291 4 0 187.9
2011 Q1 21,420 19 4 887.0
2010 Q4 22,869 3 0 131.2
2010 Q3 22,325 17 7 761.5
2010 Q2 12,691 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 21,440 14 6 653.0
2009 Q4 22,738 5 0 219.9
2009 Q3 16,146 4 2 247.7
2009 Q2 17,555 14 5 797.5
2009 Q1 31,037 1 0 32.2
2008 Q4 27,467 6 3 218.4
2008 Q3 33,906 3 1 88.5
2008 Q2 29,176 1 1 34.3
2008 Q1 33,738 13 4 385.3
2007 Q4 29,150 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 34,142 6 4 175.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

September 1, 2011 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Frasure Creek Mining, LLC. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee had turned off a gasoline fired water pump and was refueling it when the gasoline ignited, burning his left arm, left leg, left side and the left side of his neck. He was flown to Augusta Georga where he is receiving treatment for burns to his left arm (the most serious of the injuries).

February 2, 2011 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Frasure Creek Mining, LLC. · Struck against stationary object

As employee was climbing from beneath a D-11 dozer, he bumped his head on the ripper when he stood up, causing a cut to the top of his head.

2009 · 4 incidents

April 27, 2009 KY · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Frasure Creek Mining, LLC. · Accident type, without injuries

Employee was sweeping Lost Creek road when he was hit in the rear of the sweeper by an ATV driven by co-worker. Police report was filled out.

April 21, 2009 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Frasure Creek Mining, LLC. · Struck against a moving object

Operator started feeling slight pain after Dozer jarred him while pushing shot on April 21. Towards the end of his shift, he was experiencing moderate-severe pain in lower back. Went to Doctor on April 23 when pain would not ease up.

March 14, 2009 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frasure Creek Mining, LLC. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was changing a 992G Cat wheel loader tooth. When picking up the loader tooth he strained/pulled a muscle in his lower left stomach area.

January 14, 2009 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frasure Creek Mining, LLC. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing down off the Dozer when he lost his footing. When he grabbed to catch his balance he hurt his arm/shoulder.

2008 · 1 incident

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