South Akers Mining Company LLC · Unclassified, insufficient data
Employee says he was injured on job. We contest this. Action has been turned over to lawyers.
Mine #16 Coal
South Akers Mining Company LLC
· Underground
Controlled by
Harold E Akers; Jim D Akers
Dana,
Floyd County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519127
Mine #16 has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2007–2009
- Latest incident
- Jan 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
156
citations
46
significant & substantial
$50,729
proposed penalties
$34,169
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,560 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
27
inspections on record
1,270
inspection hours
12.3
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.156 citations across 1,270 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine #16 has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 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.$51K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
150 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-08-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Mine #16 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.55 mg/m3 (91% compliant) across 155 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.0.55
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.59
dust max (mg/m3)
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
155
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-04-29.
Silica (quartz)
4.8
silica avg (%)
11.8
silica max (%)
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-05-12.
Noise
0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-08-24.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,846 | 3 | 0 | 1625.1 |
| 2009 Q2 | 9,481 | 12 | 5 | 1265.7 |
| 2009 Q1 | 25,048 | 21 | 7 | 838.4 |
| 2008 Q4 | 21,242 | 32 | 11 | 1506.4 |
| 2008 Q3 | 17,119 | 18 | 4 | 1051.5 |
| 2008 Q2 | 19,533 | 31 | 6 | 1587.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q1 | 17,842 | 12 | 2 | 672.6 |
| 2007 Q4 | 10,714 | 9 | 3 | 840.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 3,163 | 18 | 8 | 5690.8 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2009 · 1 incident
2008 · 1 incident
June 3, 2008
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
POWERED HAULAGE
South Akers Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Operator was running a scoop to unload roof bolting supply and his light came outside of the deck and he reach over to pull it back in. The scoop ran into the rib and it sivel and catch his left hand and mashed his fingers between the deck, his light, and the back part of the scoop.
2007 · 1 incident
South Akers Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries
Roof fell about 50' long x 6'-7' high x 20' wide between blocks of coal (pillar).
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The full compliance file on Mine #16
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.