Mining Incidents

Lick Fork Surface Coal

Controlled by JW Resources Inc
Beverly, Clay County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519004

Lick Fork Surface has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
63
citations
30
significant & substantial
$20,247
proposed penalties
$16,377
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,870 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
18
inspections on record
366
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: 366 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lick Fork Surface has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Lick Fork Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 23 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.
0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.47
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-01.
Noise
4%
over PEL
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-01.
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
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 214 1 0 4672.9
2009 Q3 2,820 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,360 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 7,379 4 1 542.1
2008 Q4 7,850 12 7 1528.7
2008 Q3 8,011 7 6 873.8
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 5,342 6 2 1123.2
2008 Q1 7,983 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 9,812 16 5 1630.7
2007 Q3 10,834 9 4 830.7
2007 Q2 11,627 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 20,020 5 3 249.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

February 6, 2009 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Mitco Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Coal truck moving coal on haul road when the truck driver lost control of truck. The truck over turned injuring passenger in the truck.

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