Mining Incidents

Mine # 1 Coal

Controlled by James Cox
Barbourville, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518176

Mine # 1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1999–2004
Latest incident
Jul 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
146
citations
80
significant & substantial
$12,423
proposed penalties
$3,453
paid to date
28% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,970 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
1,373
inspection hours
10.6
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.
146 citations across 1,373 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine # 1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
142 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-12-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine # 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.55 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 241 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.
0.55
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.73
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
241
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-12-07.
Silica (quartz)
1.4
silica avg (%)
3.5
silica max (%)
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-08-12.
Noise
11%
over PEL
27
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-09-14.
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
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 1,925 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,693 10 8 1150.4
2004 Q3 8,820 17 6 1927.4
2004 Q2 4,808 7 4 1455.9
2004 Q1 2,952 1 1 338.8
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,123 3 1 421.2
2002 Q1 7,664 27 16 3523.0
2001 Q4 7,537 25 14 3317.0
2001 Q3 6,910 6 4 868.3
2001 Q2 7,778 17 10 2185.7
2001 Q1 6,913 6 4 867.9
2000 Q4 5,420 10 5 1845.0
2000 Q3 6,781 7 4 1032.3
2000 Q2 5,769 7 1 1213.4
2000 Q1 2,935 3 2 1022.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2004 · 1 incident

July 1, 2004 KY · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Goodin Creek Mining Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

#15 and #16 heading shot into an old mine that was not shown on the mine mop, when the place was drilled it did not drill into the mine when the place was blasted it shot thru into the old mine. the old mine was not shown on any maps. no one was aware this area had been mined. no injury to persons or equipment

2000 · 1 incident

January 10, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Canfield Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS WHILE INJURED WAS BOLTING #5 ENTRY.

1999 · 4 incidents

October 27, 1999 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Canfield Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS DRILLING COAL, WITHDREW AUGER BARRAL WHICH WARPED AND CAUSED DRILL TO JUMP INJURED TRIED TO CONTAIN JUMPING DRILL WHILE TURNING OFF POWER AND WHILE DOING SO WAS STRUCK IN CHEEK BY CORNER OF DRILL.

October 20, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Canfield Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED RIDING SCOOP BUCKET TO FACE OF MINE TO START WORK. SCOOP HIT ROLL THROWING INJURED INTO TOP AND SIDE OF BUCKET. INJURY TO BACK (BRUISED)

October 18, 1999 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Canfield Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED HAULING PAN OF COAL FROM FACE TO DUMP. PIECE OF ROCK 3'X3'X2" CAME OUT OR TOP BETWEEN RIB AND BOLT AND FELL ON INJURED CATCHING HIM ON HEAD AND LEFT FOREARM.

August 27, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Canfield Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS REACHING FOR A NEW BOLT IN THE PROCESS OF ROOFBOLTING. HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

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The full compliance file on Mine # 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.