Barbourville, Knox County,
KY
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518426
Mine #5 has $97K in proposed MSHA penalties and $698 outstanding across 14 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2007–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
499
citations
115
significant & substantial
$97,315
proposed penalties
$92,615
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,700 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
118
inspections on record
8,545
inspection hours
5.8
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.
499 citations across 8,545 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine #5 has $97K in proposed MSHA penalties and $698 outstanding across 14 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.
$97K
proposed penalties
$93K
current assessed
$93K
paid to date
$698
outstanding
490 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine #5 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.37 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 2,204 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.
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
The mine foreman was assisting in getting the belt drive in the pit unclogged. The belt had somehow become tangled in the drive rollers. They were trying to pull slack in the top belt when the hook failed on the chain hoist (come-a-long). The hoist struck the foreman in the shoulder and the side of the head. EE had a cut that had to have staples and perforated ear drum.
Employee was using a chain hoist to pull (align) the "low-low" belt structure when the chain hoist broke loose from the anchor point and struck EE in the side of the head.
2022 · 1 incident
May 3, 2022KY · Coalmaster mechanic, foreman, supervisorOTHER
Employee was on their knees marking centerline and when they got up to a "duck walking" position, their knee "popped" causing some pain. The knee has bothered them intermittently since, so they went to a specialist and had surgery on 9-26-2022. Employee returned to work the next day and is now on restricted work duty on the surface.
Employee (foreman) was on a personnel carrier while by self. EE said EE backed up and struck EE's head on a brow causing a sore neck. EE finished the shift and didn't want medical attention. EE didn't go to the doctor until weeks after the accident.
2020 · 1 incident
September 30, 2020KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bolt steel got hung in top and EE tried to get it out and slipped and hit EE's chest on the drill pot. The bolt steel fell out striking EE's pinky finger.
2015 · 1 incident
May 14, 2015KY · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorMACHINERY
Working on foot shaft on Joy 14-9 continuous miner. Had scoop hook to change pulling it and got hit with claw in the back and rib on left side of body.
2007 · 1 incident
July 25, 2007KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Right Knee of employee swollen up due to Crawling in low coal.
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