Mining Incidents

Mine # 1 Coal

Controlled by Eddie Lawson
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1518952

Mine # 1 has $98K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Nov 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
227
citations
71
significant & substantial
$97,776
proposed penalties
$64,189
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $33,587 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
49
inspections on record
1,228
inspection hours
18.5
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.
227 citations across 1,228 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine # 1 has $98K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34K 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.
$98K
proposed penalties
$98K
current assessed
$64K
paid to date
$34K
outstanding
207 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-01-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine # 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.25 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 63 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.
0.25
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.17
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
63
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-08-09.
Silica (quartz)
11.5
silica avg (%)
19.6
silica max (%)
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-08-01.
Noise
6%
over PEL
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-07-25.
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
2018 Q2 1,520 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 689 4 0 5805.5
2017 Q4 1,020 1 0 980.4
2017 Q3 889 4 1 4499.4
2017 Q2 513 6 2 11695.9
2017 Q1 933 3 0 3215.4
2016 Q4 593 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3 6,435 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,900 13 5 3333.3
2015 Q1 696 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,611 2 0 1241.5
2014 Q2 1,883 3 0 1593.2
2014 Q1 1,652 5 3 3026.6
2013 Q4 1,916 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 480 2 1 4166.7
2013 Q1 480 2 0 4166.7
2012 Q3 1,702 2 0 1175.1
2012 Q2 1,543 5 2 3240.4
2012 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 752 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,431 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,005 2 0 997.5
2011 Q1 2,593 6 1 2313.9
2010 Q4 2,616 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,942 22 10 11328.5
2010 Q2 1,138 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,084 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,323 15 5 4514.0
2009 Q2 5,821 23 8 3951.2
2009 Q1 7,884 11 3 1395.2
2008 Q4 7,048 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,677 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,599 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,375 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,280 21 5 3977.3
2006 Q3 775 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,512 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 10 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

November 14, 2006 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Forest Coal LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was greasing 992C end loader. He was climbing the steps to the platform on top of the machine to grease bucket arms. While climbing steps, he slipped and fell to the ground. He hurt his leg.

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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.