Manchester Complex has $60K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1988–2022
Latest incident
Jan 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
372
citations
130
significant & substantial
$59,591
proposed penalties
$52,974
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,617 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.
372 citations across 4,161 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Manchester Complex has $60K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 6 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.
$60K
proposed penalties
$58K
current assessed
$53K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
364 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-17.
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.
43citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
Settled
36 · 84%
Stood as issued
7 · 16%
90%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 21 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
17%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K proposed, $10K 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 2019-02-27.
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 Manchester Complex shows 100% of 200 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: 2026-06-26
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
200
samples
1.54
dust max (mg/m3)
0
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.
160 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 40 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.
Manchester Complex recorded 6.71 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.
Injury rate, 2022
ⓘ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.
6.71
total case rate
6.71
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.58 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
2022 *
6.71
6.71
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
5.28
0.00
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
Year
Employees
2026
5
2025
6
2024
8
2023
8
2022
14
2021
15
2020
14
2019
15
2018
5
2017
2
2016
2
2015
4
2014
9
2013
9
2012
8
2011
5
2010
2
2009
2
2008
3
2007
3
2006
5
2005
8
2004
3
2003
3
2002
4
2001
1
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Manchester Complex sits in Clay County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Clay County, Kentucky · Population 20,105
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$39,607
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
3,213
6
1
1867.4
2026 Q1
2,632
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
3,278
11
0
3355.7
2025 Q3
2,709
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,466
2
0
577.0
2025 Q1
3,120
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
4,191
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,438
5
4
1454.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,677
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
5,189
1
0
192.7
2023 Q3
4,731
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
4,327
3
0
693.3
2023 Q1
4,173
4
1
958.5
2022 Q4
3,111
2
1
642.9
2022 Q3
8,995
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
8,927
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
8,759
1
0
114.2
2021 Q4
8,162
3
3
367.6
2021 Q3
8,786
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
8,312
3
1
360.9
2021 Q1
7,890
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
7,527
8
0
1062.8
2020 Q3
7,442
6
0
806.2
2020 Q2
7,634
2
0
262.0
2020 Q1
9,086
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
11,992
3
1
250.2
2019 Q3
7,684
2
1
260.3
2019 Q2
9,335
2
1
214.2
2019 Q1
8,863
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
8,199
6
2
731.8
2018 Q3
1,370
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,556
4
2
2570.7
2018 Q1
1,515
9
2
5940.6
2017 Q4
1,363
3
1
2201.0
2017 Q3
1,385
1
0
722.0
2017 Q2
1,642
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,496
16
4
10695.2
2016 Q4
981
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1,167
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
605
2
0
3305.8
2016 Q1
1,324
5
0
3776.4
2015 Q4
684
2
2
2924.0
2015 Q3
1,507
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,739
2
0
1150.1
2015 Q1
3,031
8
3
2639.4
2014 Q4
4,324
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,985
2
1
401.2
2014 Q2
5,519
2
0
362.4
2014 Q1
4,773
7
1
1466.6
2013 Q4
5,114
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,666
9
6
1928.8
2013 Q2
4,393
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
5,229
3
3
573.7
2012 Q4
3,690
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,712
1
0
212.2
2012 Q2
4,835
15
4
3102.4
2012 Q1
4,702
14
2
2977.5
2011 Q4
5,649
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,379
5
0
1141.8
2011 Q2
1,420
21
7
14788.7
2011 Q1
1,522
4
4
2628.1
2010 Q4
1,395
5
3
3584.2
2010 Q3
1,462
3
2
2052.0
2010 Q2
1,536
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,396
1
1
716.3
2009 Q4
1,172
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,044
4
4
3831.4
2009 Q2
1,380
2
0
1449.3
2009 Q1
1,582
4
3
2528.4
2008 Q4
1,758
1
1
568.8
2008 Q3
2,510
3
2
1195.2
2008 Q2
1,608
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1,518
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,463
2
0
1367.1
2007 Q3
1,469
1
0
680.7
2007 Q2
1,392
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1,207
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,600
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,069
8
2
2606.7
2006 Q2
3,629
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
4,584
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
4,655
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,433
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,512
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,732
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,214
2
0
622.3
2004 Q3
1,536
15
11
9765.6
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
2,970
2
0
673.4
2003 Q4
750
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
0
1
0
2003 Q2
1,496
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,629
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,647
2
0
755.6
2001 Q2
0
0
0
2001 Q1
960
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,680
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,980
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,305
1
1
433.8
2000 Q1
2,850
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2022 · 1 incident
January 21, 2022KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was kneeled down on the track of a Caterpillar D6N Dozer assembling the engine compartment. Employee twisted around to retrieve a panel for the engine compartment and pulled a muscle in employee's back.
EE was moving a piece of metal (by hand) into position to be loaded into a small loader bucket when the 250lb piece of metal slipped off the block and landed on EE left foot.
2006 · 1 incident
April 12, 2006KY · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorOTHER
EMPLOYEE & CO-WORKER WERE DRAGGING A PUMP ACROSS A CONCRETE FLOOR WHEN IT CAUGHT ON A DRAIN & TURNED OVER STRIKING INJURED EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE TOP OF THE LT. FOOT. AS A RESULT EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 5 STITCHES.
1991 · 1 incident
April 18, 1991KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLATE BAR TO DISLODGE MUD FROM FEEDER WHEN BAR STRUCK CONCRETE TOP OF FEEDER SUDDEN IMPACT JARRED HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A CRACKED BONE IN HIS LEFT HAND
1988 · 2 incidents
August 4, 1988KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
AS HE WAS PULLING A "TRAMP" METAL MAGNET AWAY FROM A BELT HEAD IN ORDER TO CLEAN IT, THE PULLEY CAME OFF THE MAGNET AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST, WHICH BRUISED HIS CHEST. THE BUISE SEEMED TO B E UNIMPORTANT AT THAT TIME ON 5-27-88, BUT HE LATER HAD A LUMP COME UP WHICH A DOCTOR LOOKED AT AND REMOVED ON 8-4-88. (LUMP WAS BLOOD CLOT).
May 17, 1988KY · Coalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS