Mining Incidents

Maple Creek Mine #1 Coal

Controlled by Ferroglobe PLC
Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519614

Maple Creek Mine #1 has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2011–2015
Latest incident
Apr 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
74
citations
17
significant & substantial
$42,631
proposed penalties
$28,815
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,816 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
31
inspections on record
894
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: 894 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Maple Creek Mine #1 has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-11-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Maple Creek Mine #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 132 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.
0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.79
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
132
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-03-10.
Silica (quartz)
10.7
silica avg (%)
28.6
silica max (%)
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-11-15.
Noise
2%
over PEL
54
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-11-07.
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
2017 Q2 3,394 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,123 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,035 4 1 794.4
2016 Q3 5,985 6 0 1002.5
2016 Q2 7,445 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,712 1 0 269.4
2015 Q4 3,780 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,254 1 0 97.5
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 16,711 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 17,482 6 3 343.2
2014 Q4 17,763 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 17,660 12 2 679.5
2014 Q2 23,398 1 1 42.7
2014 Q1 14,433 6 0 415.7
2013 Q4 11,256 2 0 177.7
2013 Q3 13,759 12 3 872.2
2013 Q2 14,174 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 9,279 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 12,972 6 1 462.5
2012 Q3 14,689 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 24,808 5 4 201.5
2012 Q1 20,617 3 0 145.5
2011 Q4 16,706 3 1 179.6
2011 Q3 4,341 6 1 1382.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2015 · 1 incident

April 27, 2015 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Alden Resources, LLC · Struck against stationary object

stepping from track of machine to ladder - ladder slipped sideways twisting left knee

2013 · 1 incident

October 10, 2013 KY · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Alden Resources, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Tooth on loader bucket came in contact with a primer which had failed to detonate at the time shot was fired. The primer detonated when struck by the bucket tooth struck same.

2011 · 1 incident

November 17, 2011 KY · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY
Alden Resources, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Material slipped from under the excavator causing it to turn over.

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The full compliance file on Maple Creek Mine #1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.