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.
818 citations across 5,873 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine #1 has $270K in proposed MSHA penalties and $254K outstanding across 2 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.
$270K
proposed penalties
$270K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$254K
outstanding
802 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $45K in penalties contested before the Commission, $45K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-12-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
12citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Stood as issued
12 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$45K proposed, $45K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2008-11-05.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Mine #1 shows 88% of 676 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2011-10-25, 14 years ago
88%
within 1.5 mg/m3
676
samples
4.50
dust max (mg/m3)
395 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 281 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘ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.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Mine #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.
Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.96 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.85 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
9.40
9.40
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2012
9
2011
11
41,708
2010
13
59,018
2009
10
27,785
2008
15
95,746
2007
14
109,170
2006
12
128,010
2005
14
123,060
2004
13
78,890
2003
2
2002
14
48,052
2001
14
66,959
2000
13
31,583
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine #1 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘ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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2012 Q1
600
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
614
31
16
50488.6
2011 Q3
5,563
8
0
1438.1
2011 Q2
5,253
9
0
1713.3
2011 Q1
3,957
11
4
2779.9
2010 Q4
6,368
15
6
2355.5
2010 Q3
5,365
35
9
6523.8
2010 Q2
5,186
24
5
4627.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1
4,039
13
8
3218.6
2009 Q4
720
8
0
11111.1
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
2,464
3
3
1217.5
2009 Q1
7,488
11
8
1469.0
2008 Q4
7,488
25
7
3338.7
2008 Q3
7,488
27
11
3605.8
2008 Q2
7,240
12
6
1657.5
2008 Q1
7,280
16
6
2197.8
2007 Q4
7,060
8
4
1133.1
2007 Q3
11,408
11
5
964.2
2007 Q2
5,690
24
2
4217.9
2007 Q1
1,635
17
9
10397.6
2006 Q4
3,123
18
16
5763.7
2006 Q3
5,890
11
8
1867.6
2006 Q2
5,220
12
7
2298.9
2006 Q1
4,830
13
9
2691.5
2005 Q4
8,160
10
9
1225.5
2005 Q3
7,603
11
5
1446.8
2005 Q2
6,578
7
3
1064.2
2005 Q1
5,583
16
8
2865.8
2004 Q4
6,496
17
6
2617.0
2004 Q3
6,496
19
12
2924.9
2004 Q2
14,504
14
8
965.3
2004 Q1
6,208
14
8
2255.2
2003 Q4
20
31
19
1550000.0
2002 Q4
7,280
12
7
1648.4
2002 Q3
6,185
27
11
4365.4
2002 Q2
6,850
13
6
1897.8
2002 Q1
960
17
16
17708.3
2001 Q4
3,672
38
28
10348.6
2001 Q3
5,774
20
10
3463.8
2001 Q2
5,052
27
13
5344.4
2001 Q1
3,684
23
11
6243.2
2000 Q4
2,705
52
39
19223.7
2000 Q3
3,122
12
10
3843.7
2000 Q2
2,252
26
24
11545.3
2000 Q1
2,267
8
4
3528.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2007 · 1 incident
August 6, 2007KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE BUMPED KNEE ON DECK OF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN EE BUMPED KNEE ON DECK OF BOLTING MACHINE. WHEN EE REPORTED TO WORK, KNEE WAS SWELLED AND PAINFUL. EE SAW E.R. DR.
#1 BELT LINE BROKE. THEY WERE USING SHIEVE WHEEL AND STEEL ROPE PUTTING BELT BACK TOGETHER WHEN PIN IN THE SHIEVE WHEEL BROKE LETTING THE ROPE FLY BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEST.
November 18, 2003KY · Coalcutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator
EE WAS BOOSTING END LOADER WITH BATTERY CABLES. BATTERY BLOWN UP, STRIKING EE IN FACE & EYES.
October 3, 2000KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Three Mile Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE MINER WAS OPERATING TH ROOF BOLTER AND WHILE SHOVING A ROOF BOLT TO THE MINE ROOF. HIS INDEX FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED. ZVZTION TO THE INDEX FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES.
1997 · 1 incident
June 5, 1997KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
VICTIM WAS JACKING UP DOLLY AT BACK OF CONTINOUS HAULAGE SYSTEM, WHEN JACKING BECAME DIFFICULT, VICTIM STARTED TO USE FOOT. FOOT SLIPPED AND BAR CAUGHT VICTIM ON CHIN. VICTIM RECIEVED 11 STITC HES ON LOWER CHIN AND WAS X-RAYED. DR RELEASED VICTIM TO RETURN TO WORK ON 6-9-97. NO VIOLATIONS OCCURED. VICTIM RECEIVED NEWLY EMPLOYED EXPERIENCED TRAINING ON 5-9-97.