Mining Incidents

Licking River Surface Mine Coal

Salyersville, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518702

Licking River Surface Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2004–2005
Latest incident
Apr 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
62
citations
34
significant & substantial
$8,163
proposed penalties
$8,103
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
11
inspections on record
311
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: 311 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Licking River Surface Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-10-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Licking River Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.38 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 34 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.
0.38
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.35
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
34
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-10-17.
Noise
25%
over PEL
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-10-17.
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
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 254 2 2 7874.0
2005 Q3 15,613 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 20,814 15 10 720.7
2005 Q1 18,624 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 20,400 29 14 1421.6
2004 Q3 20,090 12 7 597.3
2004 Q2 21,272 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 11,687 4 1 342.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2005 · 1 incident

April 15, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Associated Contracting, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Mechanic was taking a belt off of an air compressor, he hit the starter by accident, when the engine cranked it pulled his finger in between the belt and pulley cutting it.

2004 · 2 incidents

July 1, 2004 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
Associated Contracting, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Ee was getting ready to loosen track on excavator when he was snake bitten.

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