Tackett Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
There was a Non Injury Roof Fall which was found on 10/29/2025. The Roof Fall was one break inby the miner between #1 and #2 entries.
Mine #2 Coal
Lighthouse Mining, Inc.
· Underground
Controlled by
Jerry Todd Tackett
Goody,
Pike County,
KY
·
Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1519269
Mine #2 has $152K in proposed MSHA penalties and $99K outstanding across 14 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 2010–2025
- Latest incident
- Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
420
citations
80
significant & substantial
$152,389
proposed penalties
$46,406
paid to date
30% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $105,983 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
62
inspections on record
4,019
inspection hours
10.5
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.420 citations across 4,019 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine #2 has $152K in proposed MSHA penalties and $99K outstanding across 14 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.$152K
proposed penalties
$145K
current assessed
$46K
paid to date
$99K
outstanding
397 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Mine #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.45 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 378 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.0.45
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.41
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
378
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-09-25.
Silica (quartz)
9.5
silica avg (%)
17.0
silica max (%)
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-09-25.
Noise
3%
over PEL
36
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-03-25.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,510 | 28 | 4 | 18543.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,583 | 31 | 5 | 6764.1 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,642 | 26 | 3 | 5601.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,849 | 40 | 6 | 10392.3 |
| 2024 Q4 | 6,086 | 31 | 4 | 5093.7 |
| 2024 Q3 | 5,360 | 15 | 2 | 2798.5 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,880 | 12 | 0 | 2040.8 |
| 2024 Q1 | 5,468 | 34 | 9 | 6218.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,265 | 16 | 3 | 12648.2 |
| 2013 Q3 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q2 | 753 | 1 | 0 | 1328.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 18,725 | 19 | 5 | 1014.7 |
| 2011 Q4 | 24,848 | 33 | 6 | 1328.1 |
| 2011 Q3 | 28,670 | 21 | 5 | 732.5 |
| 2011 Q2 | 31,610 | 26 | 3 | 822.5 |
| 2011 Q1 | 26,636 | 12 | 2 | 450.5 |
| 2010 Q4 | 18,111 | 11 | 2 | 607.4 |
| 2010 Q3 | 17,138 | 13 | 4 | 758.5 |
| 2010 Q2 | 9,070 | 21 | 7 | 2315.3 |
| 2010 Q1 | 3,138 | 7 | 2 | 2230.7 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file2025 · 4 incidents
Tackett Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
There was a Non-Injury Roof Fall which occurred at this mine in which was found on 09/30/2025. The Roof Fall must have happened overnight while the workers were off.
Tackett Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
There was a Non-Injury Roof Fall which occurred at this mine in which was found on 09/29/2025 at the intersection of #5 Entry. The Roof Fall must have happened over the weekend while the workers were off.
June 2, 2025
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tackett Mining, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee was walking beside the bolting machine and said that they slipped on a rock and tried to catch themselves with their left arm when they said that they heard something pop in their shoulder. The area where the incident occurred was 62" high.
2011 · 5 incidents
September 15, 2011
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was helping load a cache of SCSR's into the scoop bucket when he twisted his right knee.
July 30, 2011
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
STRIKING OR BUMPING
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
EE was walking on offside of belt and hit his head on the roof knocking off his hat. He then bent down and got his hat and when he raised up he hit his head on a chain hanger causing a laceration. He received stitches to close the wound
July 28, 2011
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
Employee had stopped at airlock doors, just inside portal, when a second mantrip entered mine and struck first mantrip resulting in a strain to employee in 1st mantrip. Bright sunlight outside had not allowed eyes of 2nd mantrip operator to adjust.
July 13, 2011
KY · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee was in the process of dragging 48" top structure for the belt move they were making. He stepped on another piece of structure causing his knee to turn causing him to fall.
January 16, 2011
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee was walking towards fan house to conduct checks prior to the mine pre-shift, when he fell, causing a strain to his lower back.
2010 · 3 incidents
November 5, 2010
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
EE was going up to the face in the #6 heading, when he stepped on the #2 continuous miner cable and twisted his right knee. Seam height was approximately 50". He was taken to ER and was released with no restrictions but continued to experience pain. On Thursday December 16, 2010 he had surgery to repair a torn meniscus.
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was tightening at the slack adjustment bolt on the Fletcher RRII roof bolter and the wrench slipped and caused a laceration on his middle finger. He received 3 stitches to close the wound.
July 12, 2010
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Road Fork Development Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was in the process of bolting using a two piece steel. After he drilled his starter hole he started his two piece steel and had his index and middle fingers caught causing a laceration.
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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.