Mining Incidents

Mine #1 Coal

Big D Mining, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Arnold D Francis
Louisa, Lawrence County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518498

Mine #1 has $6K 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
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Feb 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
55
citations
28
significant & substantial
$6,077
proposed penalties
$914
paid to date
15% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,163 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
25
inspections on record
505
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 505 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine #1 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$914
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-07-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.44 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 34 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.
0.44
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.63
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
34
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-03-07.
Silica (quartz)
1.4
silica avg (%)
1.5
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-12-31.
Noise
4%
over PEL
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-04-10.
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 Q2 3,750 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,000 28 12 14000.0
2005 Q4 5,683 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,016 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 1 1
2003 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 7,331 2 0 272.8
2003 Q1 7,922 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8,831 4 4 452.9
2002 Q2 9,637 3 2 311.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

February 6, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Broken Ridge, LLC · Struck by flying object

OPERATOR WAS CLEANING BRUSH FROM PIT AREA WHEN A SMALL ROCK WENT THROUGH THE DOOR GLASS HITTING OPERATOR ON KNEE.

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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.