Mining Incidents

MBM#1 Coal

DEBORD, Martin County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519922

MBM#1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2022–2025
Latest incident
Feb 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
34
citations
3
significant & substantial
$7,311
proposed penalties
$4,657
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,654 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
24
inspections on record
1,749
inspection hours
1.9
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.
34 citations across 1,749 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MBM#1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at MBM#1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.20 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 115 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.
0.20
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.99
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
115
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-10.
Silica (quartz)
6.4
silica avg (%)
20.0
silica max (%)
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-22.
Noise
10%
over PEL
62
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-14.
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
2025 Q4 10,295 10 0 971.3
2025 Q3 10,685 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,931 2 0 183.0
2025 Q1 10,814 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 9,765 2 0 204.8
2024 Q3 9,199 2 0 217.4
2024 Q2 8,935 1 1 111.9
2024 Q1 9,364 2 0 213.6
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 10,263 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,513 3 0 315.4
2023 Q2 8,359 2 0 239.3
2023 Q1 9,965 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,463 2 1 236.3
2022 Q3 8,502 3 0 352.9
2022 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

February 12, 2025 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
JIGSAW ENTERPRISES LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While Employee was climbing onto the Rock Truck EE slipped and grabbed ahold of the handle therefore injuring EE's right shoulder.

2022 · 1 incident

November 9, 2022 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
JIGSAW ENTERPRISES LLC · Fall onto or against objects

As the shift was about to end, the employee climbed back into the grader to retrieve the equipment check report and soda can. The employee was coming back out of the grader backwards when EE lost balance. EE stumbled and fell hitting left shoulder on the grader blade. The employee went to the hospital later that night after EE went home.

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The full compliance file on MBM#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.