Mining Incidents

Mine #5 Coal

Deane, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518021

Mine #5 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $55 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1998–1999
Latest incident
Jun 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
28
citations
10
significant & substantial
$2,519
proposed penalties
$2,464
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $55 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14
inspections on record
170
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: 170 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 #5 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $55 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$55
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-07-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine #5 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.40 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 12 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.
0.40
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.80
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-05-23.
Silica (quartz)
18.8
silica avg (%)
18.8
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-05-30.
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
2003 Q3 0 1 1
2003 Q2 1,434 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,233 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,200 2 0 909.1
2002 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 16 2 1 125000.0
2002 Q1 3,494 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,255 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 4,082 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 0 1 1
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,361 6 2 4408.5
2000 Q3 1,595 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 15,367 15 5 976.1
2000 Q1 20,645 1 0 48.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1999 · 3 incidents

June 29, 1999 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING ON A ROCK TO CLEAN HIS BACKUP LIGHTS, AND FELL OFF THE ROCK. THE EE HURT HIS RT ELBOW, WRIST, AND RIBS.

January 30, 1999 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE BUCKET ON THE LOADER DROPPED, STRIKING THE BED OF THE ROCK TRUCK EE WAS OPERATING.

January 16, 1999 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE MISSED BOTTOM STEP ON LOADER LADDER. PAIN IN BACK.

1998 · 2 incidents

November 11, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS CLIMBING OFF THE GRADER, THE WIND WAS BLOWING, CAUSING THE DOOR TO HIT THE EE IN THE SIDE.

May 26, 1998 KY · Coal inspector OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE MOVING SIGN, CONTACTED POISON IVY.

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The full compliance file on Mine #5

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.