Mining Incidents

Mine #2 Coal

Torie Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Stanley W Osborne
Robinson Creek, Pike County, KY  ·  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
42
citations
23
significant & substantial
$31,744
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,744 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
330
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: 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
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$32K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$32K
outstanding
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.

MSHA sampling at Mine #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.00 mg/m3 (79% compliant) across 66 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.
1.00
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.81
dust max (mg/m3)
79%
within 1.5 mg/m3
66
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-10-02.
Silica (quartz)
4.7
silica avg (%)
7.7
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-10-10.
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
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

July 6, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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

August 7, 1997 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
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.

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.

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The full compliance file on Mine #2

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.