Mill Creek 1: 18 MSHA citations
Coal
Mazie,
Lawrence County,
KY
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Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519368
Mill Creek 1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2009
- Latest incident
- Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
15
significant & substantial
$5,435
proposed penalties
15% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,616 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 224 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mill Creek 1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-09-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
83.3%
significant & substantial
5.6%
high negligence or reckless
83.3%
reasonably likely or greater
5.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.6% low, 88.9% moderate, 5.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mill Creek 1 shows 100% of 11 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
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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
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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: 2009-09-02, 16 years ago
11 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR4
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER3
- MECHANIC1
Noise
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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.
Last sampled: 2009-03-24, 17 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
- MECHANIC1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Mill Creek 1 recorded 11.46 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
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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.
Above average. The US coal mining average was 4.16 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.04 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.
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.
Ownership history
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Advance Energy II LLC
2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2009 |
24 |
122,543 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mill Creek 1 sits in Lawrence County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Lawrence County, Kentucky · Population 16,171
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$45,584
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2009 Q4 |
7,167 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 |
19,459 |
10 |
8 |
513.9 |
| 2009 Q2 |
20,895 |
1 |
0 |
47.9 |
| 2009 Q1 |
4,840 |
7 |
7 |
1446.3 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2009 · 4 incidents
September 17, 2009
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE took the spark plug out and craked the engine on his welder, gasoline was forced out of the cylinder and was ignited by the spark. EE jumped out of his truck breaking his wrist and arm.
Advance Energy II LLC · Accident type, without injuries
Hyd. hose blew spraying engine components, igniting oil workers unable to extinguish before it spread on to flammable components in cab and around engine compartment.
May 12, 2009
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Advance Energy II LLC · Struck against a moving object
EE was operating 988 G attempting to straighten up corner of sheet , loader slipped off large rock he was attempting to break loose from wall. The operator was shaken when the loader slipped off of the rock. He was wearing a seat belt.
March 27, 2009
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was getting off of 773 rock truck. He fell from top step landing on his side (left). MET checked him out, he was taken to hospital and discharged later that night.