Mining Incidents

Mine 3 Coal

Controlled by John P Baugues Jr
White Plains, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518695

Mine 3 has $5K 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
2
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Jul 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
56
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,789
proposed penalties
$3,747
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,042 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
20
inspections on record
637
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: 637 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 3 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-11-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.34 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 39 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.
0.34
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.95
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
39
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-10-30.
Silica (quartz)
10.3
silica avg (%)
10.6
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-03-13.
Noise
10%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-08-27.
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
2015 Q1 1,720 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,112 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,104 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,084 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,367 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,018 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 1,072 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 9,288 3 0 323.0
2007 Q3 7,120 11 3 1544.9
2007 Q2 8,067 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,437 16 1 2942.8
2006 Q4 1,157 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 344 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 7,939 1 0 126.0
2005 Q3 15,497 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 19,345 6 0 310.2
2005 Q1 15,785 2 0 126.7
2004 Q4 13,149 1 0 76.1
2004 Q3 11,564 4 0 345.9
2004 Q2 12,894 9 2 698.0
2004 Q1 5,188 3 0 578.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

July 25, 2005 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rapid Energy, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AFTER PERFORMING ROUTINE PUMP MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, THE EMPLOYEE FELL. THE GRADE WAS LEVEL BUT THE SOIL WAS LOOSE FROM RECENT EXCAVATIONS.

May 17, 2005 KY · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rapid Energy, Inc. · Fall from machine

DURING INSPECTION OF A LUBRICATING SYSTEM, THE CONTRACTOR STEPPED FROM THE FRONT FRAME ONTO WALKWAY AROUND THE CAB. THE CONT. BUMPED INTO THE MIRROR ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE MACHINE, LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL APPROX. 13' TO THE GROUND. THE MACHINE WAS IN A PARTIAL STATE OF ASSEMBLY & HAD NOT BEEN PLACED INTO SERVICE.

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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.