Mine #2: 42 MSHA citations
Coal
Robinson Creek,
Pike County,
KY
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517717
Mine #2 has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $32K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1997–2000
- Latest incident
- Jul 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
23
significant & substantial
$31,744
proposed penalties
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,744 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: 330 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 #2 has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $32K 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.
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-10-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
54.8%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
54.8%
reasonably likely or greater
11.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.3% low, 69.0% moderate, 16.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine #2 shows 79% of 66 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2000-10-02, 25 years ago
38 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 28 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR24
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR12
- ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)6
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2000-10-10, 25 years ago
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Mine #2 recorded 6.88 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
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Torie Mining Inc
1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2000 |
20 |
52,508 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine #2 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 |
| 2000 Q4 |
2,272 |
5 |
1 |
2200.7 |
| 2000 Q3 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
500000.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
15,289 |
12 |
4 |
784.9 |
| 2000 Q1 |
11,516 |
20 |
16 |
1736.7 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2000 · 1 incident
Torie Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING GLUE ON BOLT MACHINE AND HURT HIS MIDDLE BACK.
1999 · 1 incident
July 23, 1999
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Torie Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
EE WAS BOLTING TOP AND A SMALL ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN THE SMALL OF THE BACK AND HIP.
1997 · 3 incidents
Torie Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS DRIVING A SCOOP AND RUN OVER A LUMP OF COAL AND HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE SCOOP.
Torie Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
COAL RIDER SEAM GAVE LOOSE AND FELL. NO ONE WAS AROUND WHEN THE FALL HAPPENED.
January 15, 1997
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Torie Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
SPOT BOLTING ON OLD MINE ENTRIES. EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR. HE HAD A HOLD OF THE BOLTER STEEL AND HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT PULLING HIS GLOVE FROM HIS HAND AND BREAKING HIS RIG HT ARM.