LICK CREEK HAGY has $235K in proposed MSHA penalties and $35K outstanding across 13 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2012–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
986
citations
148
significant & substantial
$234,541
proposed penalties
$187,180
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $47,361 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.
986 citations across 15,625 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
LICK CREEK HAGY has $235K in proposed MSHA penalties and $35K outstanding across 13 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.
$235K
proposed penalties
$222K
current assessed
$187K
paid to date
$35K
outstanding
962 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
Of $44K in penalties contested before the Commission, $32K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-23.
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.
39citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
26 · 67%
Stood as issued
13 · 33%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 25 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
28%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$44K proposed, $32K 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 2025-03-03.
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.
MSHA sampling at LICK CREEK HAGY shows 99% of 2,259 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2026-02-19
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
2,259
samples
8.10
dust max (mg/m3)
7
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
461 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 1,798 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘ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.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
LICK CREEK HAGY recorded 5.28 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
5.28
total case rate
5.28
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.08 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
5.28
5.28
0.000
2024 *
5.05
5.05
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
3.08
3.08
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015
1.62
1.62
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2026
11
9,177
2025
14
53,670
2024
15
68,573
2023
15
40,068
2022
14
56,468
2021
7
25,942
2020
4
2019
3
2018
31
62,468
2017
29
78,927
2016
36
98,707
2015
60
169,783
2014
71
257,504
2013
73
275,719
2012
33
123,853
2011
6
8,674
2010
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
LICK CREEK HAGY sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
0
0
0
2026 Q1
6,105
28
4
4586.4
2025 Q4
10,735
74
13
6893.3
2025 Q3
5,251
9
1
1714.0
2025 Q2
11,759
34
4
2891.4
2025 Q1
10,166
10
2
983.7
2024 Q4
9,330
36
9
3858.5
2024 Q3
9,613
18
2
1872.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
10,481
23
4
2194.4
2024 Q1
10,173
26
4
2555.8
2023 Q4
10,819
19
3
1756.2
2023 Q3
10,472
23
5
2196.3
2022 Q4
9,434
31
3
3286.0
2022 Q3
9,260
20
3
2159.8
2022 Q2
10,103
19
4
1880.6
2022 Q1
10,871
42
12
3863.5
2021 Q4
13,924
44
11
3160.0
2021 Q3
0
4
0
2021 Q2
3,277
2
0
610.3
2021 Q1
2,921
1
0
342.3
2020 Q4
2,102
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,533
1
1
652.3
2020 Q2
2,111
8
0
3789.7
2020 Q1
2,036
8
0
3929.3
2019 Q4
1,125
8
2
7111.1
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
1,584
9
0
5681.8
2019 Q1
1,648
7
0
4247.6
2018 Q4
16,837
12
0
712.7
2018 Q3
17,219
15
0
871.1
2018 Q2
19,839
22
0
1108.9
2018 Q1
16,461
21
1
1275.7
2017 Q4
15,837
10
0
631.4
2017 Q3
15,613
31
3
1985.5
2017 Q2
16,622
8
2
481.3
2017 Q1
16,939
19
2
1121.7
2016 Q4
17,164
10
2
582.6
2016 Q3
14,896
3
0
201.4
2016 Q2
16,870
4
1
237.1
2016 Q1
18,255
5
1
273.9
2015 Q4
28,890
9
1
311.5
2015 Q3
33,816
10
2
295.7
2015 Q2
34,073
11
0
322.8
2015 Q1
26,295
19
5
722.6
2014 Q4
29,573
13
3
439.6
2014 Q3
41,384
7
1
169.1
2014 Q2
44,020
9
2
204.5
2014 Q1
39,614
40
5
1009.7
2013 Q4
44,513
14
2
314.5
2013 Q3
41,128
10
1
243.1
2013 Q2
42,779
20
3
467.5
2013 Q1
33,085
11
0
332.5
2012 Q4
29,530
14
1
474.1
2012 Q3
22,558
15
2
665.0
2012 Q2
15,038
22
2
1463.0
2012 Q1
8,726
10
2
1146.0
2011 Q4
5,853
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,988
5
0
715.5
2011 Q1
1,424
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,000
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,250
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2026 · 1 incident
January 26, 2026KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Eagle One Mining Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
While tramming the Roof Bolter, the employees left foot slipped down the Operator Compartment, becoming caught beneath the compartment.
Employee was loading structure on 001 section. Scoop pulled forward catching waterline, bowing waterline over which pushed structure over. Structure caught employee's leg causing injury to left knee.
Acting as miner helper, watching cable when section of rib fell off striking victim
2014 · 3 incidents
September 8, 2014KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
Hubble Mining Co LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Repairman has hand in access hole checking to see if linkage needed repair. While troubleshooting, he had operator steer car. When steered, lever caught arm and injured left wrist. Returned to work next day with minor scrape on left wrist.