Mine #15
Coal
Evarts,
Harlan County,
KY
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517781
Mine #15 has $330 in proposed MSHA penalties and $96 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1996–1999
- Latest incident
- Jul 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
0
significant & substantial
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $96 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 144 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 #15 has $330 in proposed MSHA penalties and $96 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-03-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine #15 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.64 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 18 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.
Most recent sample: 2000-03-09.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2000-03-01.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2001 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q2 |
844 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
9,242 |
6 |
0 |
649.2 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
June 6, 1998
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
R & R Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE FALTALY INJURED PERSON WAS USING THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP TO HOLD DOWN A HEAD DRIVE THAT WAS BALANCED IN THE CENTER ON CRIB BLOCKS. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCOOP BUCKET SLIPPED OFF THE HEAD DR IVE. WHEN THAT HAPPENED THE OPERATOR'S SIDE WAS THROWN INTO THE MINE ROOF CATCHING HIS HEAD AND NECK BETWEEN SCOOP AND ROOF.
Reportable incidents
5 on file (excluding fatalities above)
1999 · 1 incident
R & R Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A GREASE JACK BACK WITH A SLATE BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED, CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE MINER FRAME.
1998 · 1 incident
R & R Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE MOVING SHUTTLE WHEEL WHEN FELT PAIN IN BACK THE WHEEL AND THE EMPLOYEES KNEES HIT WHEEL AND ELBOW HIT SCOOP BUCKET.
1997 · 2 incidents
R & R Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE SETTING TIMBERS & TO MAKE THE RIGHT SIZE USING A BOW SAW. THE SAW SLIPPED FROM THE GROVE & STRUCK EE'S FINGER.
R & R Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
THE EE WELDING A DRY ROLLER ON BELT STRUCTURE WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG SLIPPED INTO EE'S EYE. THE SLAG WENT UNDER THE EE MASK. THIS WAS NOT REPROTEDTO EE UNTIL 7/22/97.
1996 · 1 incident
R & R Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
EMP WALKING INSIDE OF MINES WHEN HIS HEAD BUMPEDINTO THE CANOPY OF THE ROOF BOLTER.
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The full compliance file on Mine #15
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.