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.
64 citations across 2,084 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine #22 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $377 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$377
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-02-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine #22 shows 97% of 415 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2006-02-21, 20 years ago
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
415
samples
2.39
dust max (mg/m3)
220 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 195 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Mine #22 recorded 4.53 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ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.
4.53
total case rate
4.53
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.11 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.46 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2005 *
4.53
4.53
0.000
2004 *
9.75
7.31
0.000
2003 *
2.30
2.30
0.000
2002 *
6.80
6.80
0.000
2001 *
22.05
22.05
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2006
36
36,030
2005
33
209,057
2004
30
283,260
2003
31
267,118
2002
30
233,043
2001
30
199,270
2000
10
17,549
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine #22 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘ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
ⓘ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
2006 Q1
16,952
2
1
118.0
2005 Q4
20,474
4
3
195.4
2005 Q3
21,521
4
2
185.9
2005 Q2
22,583
2
1
88.6
2005 Q1
23,784
1
1
42.0
2004 Q4
19,633
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
19,539
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
22,167
3
1
135.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1
20,751
1
0
48.2
2003 Q4
19,743
5
0
253.3
2003 Q3
21,537
1
1
46.4
2003 Q2
22,346
2
2
89.5
2003 Q1
23,450
3
1
127.9
2002 Q4
21,308
4
2
187.7
2002 Q3
24,971
3
0
120.1
2002 Q2
20,445
5
2
244.6
2002 Q1
21,548
4
2
185.6
2001 Q4
17,514
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
17,514
3
0
171.3
2001 Q2
18,661
4
2
214.4
2001 Q1
9,806
5
1
509.9
2000 Q4
5,024
2
2
398.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
19 on file
2005 · 2 incidents
October 7, 2005KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderPOWERED HAULAGE
CAM - Kentucky, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
He was riding a 3 wheeler up along the beltline when he got in mud and the 3 wheeler slid underneath the beltline and did not know what caught his hand.
CAM - Kentucky, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
He was next to the continuous miner working on it, when he was struck by a 3 wheeler personnel carrier on the left leg. His leg was between the three wheeler and the pan of the continuous miner.
2004 · 4 incidents
November 9, 2004KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY