Mining Incidents

MC AUGER 36 Coal

Controlled by Robin Roy Belcher
FEDSCREEK, Pike County, KY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4407415

MC AUGER 36 has $441 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$441
proposed penalties
$381
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
11
inspections on record
155
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: 155 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MC AUGER 36 has $441 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.
$441
proposed penalties
$441
current assessed
$381
paid to date
$60
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at MC AUGER 36 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 14 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.
0.07
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.11
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-02-05.
Noise
25%
over PEL
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-02-05.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 120 1 0 8333.3
2024 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 720 1 0 1388.9
2024 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 740 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 460 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 860 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 880 1 0 1136.4
2022 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,300 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,110 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 460 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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