Mining Incidents

Mine # 1 Coal

Controlled by Harold K Simpson
Delphia, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518419

Mine # 1 has $149K in proposed MSHA penalties and $147K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003–2005
Latest incident
Nov 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
565
citations
207
significant & substantial
$148,709
proposed penalties
$1,278
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $147,431 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
55
inspections on record
2,173
inspection hours
26.0
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.
565 citations across 2,173 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine # 1 has $149K in proposed MSHA penalties and $147K 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.
$149K
proposed penalties
$149K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$147K
outstanding
546 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-08-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine # 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.31 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 299 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.
0.31
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.55
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
299
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-03-31.
Silica (quartz)
6.8
silica avg (%)
18.7
silica max (%)
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-03-07.
Noise
0%
over PEL
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-06-24.
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
2006 Q3 0 2 0
2006 Q1 1,436 41 13 28551.5
2005 Q4 1,925 49 20 25454.5
2005 Q3 1,558 20 6 12837.0
2005 Q2 1,518 42 21 27668.0
2005 Q1 5,971 28 8 4689.3
2004 Q4 5,903 27 3 4573.9
2004 Q3 4,805 45 23 9365.2
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 6,760 65 26 9615.4
2004 Q1 537 32 10 59590.3
2003 Q4 1,155 19 7 16450.2
2003 Q3 1,137 40 12 35180.3
2003 Q2 1,121 24 11 21409.5
2003 Q1 2,354 20 5 8496.2
2002 Q4 1,698 35 10 20612.5
2002 Q3 2,497 20 9 8009.6
2002 Q2 2,294 22 11 9590.2
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 2 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 1 incident

November 1, 2005 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Motivation Enterprise Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

When trying to hook a chain up to pull a shuttle car, slack from chain hit his right hand when tying it to a 482 scoop. Employee worked until 11-15-05 then quit.

2003 · 1 incident

January 24, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Simpson Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING ROCK FROM CONVEYOR CHAIN ON A 506 BRIDGE CARRIER.

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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.