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.
267 citations across 2,014 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine #24 has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
267 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-10-18.
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 #24 shows 95% of 302 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: 2005-10-03, 20 years ago
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
302
samples
2.68
dust max (mg/m3)
156 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 146 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 #24 recorded 6.55 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.
6.55
total case rate
2.18
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 *
6.55
2.18
0.000
2004 *
4.62
0.00
0.000
2002 *
28.90
28.90
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
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
0
2005
37
473,361
2004
36
584,515
2003
7
34,786
2002
18
73,995
2001
21
160,668
2000
19
113,022
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine #24 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
EE WAS STEPPING TOWARDS THE CONTINUOUS MINER TO REMOVE A BUCKET OF MINER BITS & STEPPED ON A ROCK, SLIPPED & FELL, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE RT. KNEE. ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE #5 ENTRY OF THE 003-0 MMU.
April 25, 2005KY · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
#6 entry,trammed roof bolter outby #6 intersection to let continuous come across intersection. Was a shuttle car parked in lower end of entry outby the intersection, looking forward to see if he was out of the miners way. had his right hand on outside of roof bolter tram & backed roof bolter into parked shuttle car, mashing his hand between roof bolter frame & shuttle car bumper.
2004 · 2 incidents
November 23, 2004KY · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS HELPING MAKE A BELT MOVE IN THE #5 ENTRY OF THE 003-0 SECTION. HE WAS LOWERING THE TAILPIECE THAT HAD BEEN RAISED WITH A LIFTING JACK. HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE JACK BAR, RESULTING IN THE JACK BAR STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE, CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIGHT JAW.
EE WAS WATCHING THE MINE ROOF FOR THE CONTINUOUS MINER ON PILLAR WORK. A COAL RIB ROLLED OFF, DISLODGING A 9' TIMBER, STRIKING EE ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD.
2002 · 4 incidents
July 24, 2002KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Victory Coal Co., Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE WAS PLASTERING A BRATTICE, WHILE EQUIPMENT WAS DOWN PLASTER SPLASHED BEHIND HIS GLASSES GETTING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. MET WASHED OUT HIS EYE WITH EYE WASH. AND HE RETURNED TO WORK, THAT NIGHT H E WENT TO E.R.
July 17, 2002KY · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK APP THE SIZE OF A QUARTER FELL FROM THE TOP, HITTING HIM IN BEHIND THE CORNER OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES IN THE CORNER OF HIS LEFT EYE.
May 30, 2002KY · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS OPERATING THE LEFT DRIVE SHUTTLE CAR, GOING FROM MINER TO THE FEEDER. HE TURNED THE CAR TOO SHARP WHEN MAKING A TURN, THE CAR TIRE RAN UP ON THE CORNER OF THE RIB, WHEN IT DROPPED BACK OFF, IT JARRED THE CAR, CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP AND STRIKED HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY OF THE CAR, PUSHING DOWN ON HIS NECK.
1999 · 3 incidents
September 9, 1999KY · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
VICTIME WAS MOVING THE MINER CABLE IN THE NO. 1 LEFT ENTRY WHEN A RIB ROLL OCCURRED. A PIECE OF THE FALLEN MATERIAL STRUCK THE VICTIM ON THE LEGAND FOOT.
April 24, 1996KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY