Mining Incidents

Midway Plant and Loadout Coal

Controlled by ACNR Holdings, Inc
Centertown, Ohio County, KY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1519165

Midway Plant and Loadout has $47K in proposed MSHA penalties and $239 outstanding across 23 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2008–2019
Latest incident
Jun 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
198
citations
67
significant & substantial
$47,074
proposed penalties
$43,561
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,513 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
58
inspections on record
2,753
inspection hours
7.2
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.
198 citations across 2,753 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Midway Plant and Loadout has $47K in proposed MSHA penalties and $239 outstanding across 23 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.
$47K
proposed penalties
$44K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$239
outstanding
198 assessments are final orders; 23 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-01-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Midway Plant and Loadout shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 210 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)
2.98
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
210
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-02-23.
Silica (quartz)
4.4
silica avg (%)
4.4
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-12-09.
Noise
0%
over PEL
76
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-06-20.
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 60 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 410 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 710 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,033 2 0 983.8
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,213 1 0 451.9
2023 Q3 1,869 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,658 1 1 376.2
2023 Q1 2,242 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,180 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,592 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,174 1 0 460.0
2022 Q1 2,868 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,149 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,032 1 0 492.1
2021 Q2 2,077 4 0 1925.9
2021 Q1 1,201 2 0 1665.3
2020 Q4 1,071 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,474 5 4 3392.1
2020 Q1 793 6 5 7566.2
2019 Q4 2,364 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,475 10 3 2877.7
2019 Q2 3,394 3 0 883.9
2019 Q1 2,745 2 1 728.6
2018 Q4 2,589 4 0 1545.0
2018 Q3 3,530 1 0 283.3
2018 Q2 3,160 20 5 6329.1
2018 Q1 12,993 3 1 230.9
2017 Q4 5,201 2 0 384.5
2017 Q3 6,568 1 1 152.3
2017 Q2 6,138 1 0 162.9
2017 Q1 6,194 4 1 645.8
2016 Q4 5,378 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,067 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,710 2 0 424.6
2016 Q1 5,929 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 9,244 5 1 540.9
2015 Q3 11,479 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 14,238 13 5 913.0
2015 Q1 19,365 6 1 309.8
2014 Q4 20,612 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 21,871 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 21,903 7 3 319.6
2014 Q1 24,394 1 0 41.0
2013 Q4 21,708 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 21,854 3 0 137.3
2013 Q2 22,125 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 19,623 4 2 203.8
2012 Q4 18,340 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 20,963 6 2 286.2
2012 Q2 18,878 13 8 688.6
2012 Q1 20,455 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 20,554 3 0 146.0
2011 Q3 19,886 12 7 603.4
2011 Q2 16,404 4 4 243.8
2011 Q1 16,770 2 1 119.3
2010 Q4 13,973 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 15,515 6 0 386.7
2010 Q2 16,557 5 0 302.0
2010 Q1 20,643 1 0 48.4
2009 Q4 19,578 3 1 153.2
2009 Q3 19,789 2 0 101.1
2009 Q2 20,662 6 1 290.4
2009 Q1 20,635 3 2 145.4
2008 Q4 20,160 5 1 248.0
2008 Q3 19,669 1 0 50.8
2008 Q2 4,294 3 2 698.6
2008 Q1 1,138 8 4 7029.9
2007 Q4 224 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2019 · 1 incident

June 11, 2019 KY · Coal water truck operator OTHER
Western Kentucky Rail Loadout, LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee dismounted the water truck and when they started to mount the truck they felt something pull in the left leg thigh.

2015 · 4 incidents

November 23, 2015 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Armstrong Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

While unloading 6" polly pipe from semi-truck a piece of pipe became lodged and as employee walked up to side of truck the pipe became free hitting him in thigh. His foot was wedged in between two pieces of pipe already on ground, as he was knocked over by the force of the falling pipe.

May 18, 2015 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Armstrong Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The employee was cleaning the railroad track out getting ready to load a train when she slipped and fell injuring her back.

March 6, 2015 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Armstrong Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

The employee had just mounted the 992 loader to start the engine as he was dismounting he was on the last step and slipped and fell on snow and ice covered ground injuring his head.

February 9, 2015 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Armstrong Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to install a piece of expanded metal over a chute at the breaker to create a walkway, the metal slipped. As he attempted to catch it, he put all of the weight on his right foot which caused the injury.

2014 · 1 incident

October 11, 2014 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Armstrong Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was performing a pre-operational inspection on a 992G loader. While doing his walk around inspection of the loader he stepped across the parking ditch that the loader was parked in and twisted his right knee.

2013 · 2 incidents

September 3, 2013 KY · Coal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Armstrong Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee turned on a water valve to wash the floor in the Prep Plant. The hose that was attached ruptured at a repair splice causing the hose to hit the employee in the forehead. This caused a laceration that required medical attention. He received switches to close the laceration.

March 11, 2013 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Armstrong Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was prying a shaker box spring in place when the pry bar slipped striking his safety glasses causing a laceration of his left eyebrow.

2009 · 1 incident

February 5, 2009 KY · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Armstrong Coal Company Inc · Fall down stairs

EE stated that he had been in the control room area on the 2nd floor & had reported to his supervisor that he was not feeling well. The supervisor stated that the injured mineer sat at the table for 15 minutes, got up and left the room. The injured went down the 1st flight of stairs to the landing, turned & started down the 2nd row of steps not using the handrails. He fell.

2008 · 1 incident

December 16, 2008 KY · Coal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
Armstrong Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was in the process of doing maintenance on the E. underflow pump located in prep. plant. Before it was started, power to the motor was to be knocked, locked, tagged out. He removed the belt guard from the underflow pump; grabbed the motor pulley with his right hand while it was still running causing the r. thumb to be amputated below upper knuckle.

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The full compliance file on Midway Plant and Loadout

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.