Mining Incidents

Mine #3 Coal

Dry Fork Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Kenneth L Farley
Fedscreek, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518031

Mine #3 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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
1999–2001
Latest incident
May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
119
citations
61
significant & substantial
$10,643
proposed penalties
$9,475
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,168 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
1,607
inspection hours
7.4
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.
119 citations across 1,607 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine #3 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
119 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-10-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine #3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.41 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 355 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.
0.41
dust avg (mg/m3)
7.68
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
355
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-09-25.
Silica (quartz)
6.1
silica avg (%)
11.7
silica max (%)
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-08-27.
Noise
3%
over PEL
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-05-23.
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
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 3,776 2 2 529.7
2002 Q3 19,459 14 4 719.5
2002 Q2 19,127 15 5 784.2
2002 Q1 19,036 9 4 472.8
2001 Q4 21,661 12 10 554.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 19,054 17 8 892.2
2001 Q2 19,664 5 5 254.3
2001 Q1 16,466 16 7 971.7
2000 Q4 16,128 13 6 806.1
2000 Q3 18,063 3 2 166.1
2000 Q2 21,065 6 4 284.8
2000 Q1 19,838 7 4 352.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2001 · 1 incident

May 30, 2001 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE OPERATOR OF A SHUTTLE CAR REACHED HIS LEFT HAND OUT TO HOLD UP A CABLE AS HIS CAR WENT AROUND A CORNER AND HE STRUCK THE CAR FRAME WITH THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 13, 2000 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

TRYING TO LINE A STAB JACK UP ON JOY MINER TO BEABLE TO WELD ON IT AND IT SLID OFF CRIB BLOCK ONTO SHOULDER

August 28, 2000 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING HIS SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIS HARD HAT/SHOULDER & FOREARM

1999 · 2 incidents

September 30, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE PULLING A ROOF BOLTER CABLE SO THAT MACHINE COULD PIN TOP, THIS MAN SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

September 20, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dry Fork Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT IN THE MINE ROOF HE PULLED A STICK OF RESIN OUT OF ITS CARDBOARD BOX AND STRUCK HIS EYE WITH THE END OF THE RESIN, CAUSING HIS LEFT EYE TO WATER AND TURN RED. HE W ORKED THE REST OF THE SHIFT WITH NO TROUBLE BUT HASN'T WORKED SINCE. HE HAS NOT BROUGHT A DR'S SLIP.

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The full compliance file on Mine #3

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.