Mine #8 Coal
Clear Development LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Justin Clear
Fonde,
Bell County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519431
Mine #8 has $285K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
77
citations
32
significant & substantial
$284,567
proposed penalties
$84,962
paid to date
30% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $199,605 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
19
inspections on record
471
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 471 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 #8 has $285K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$285K
proposed penalties
$85K
current assessed
$85K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-03-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Mine #8 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.26 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 20 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.26
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.45
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-09-04.
Silica (quartz)
11.6
silica avg (%)
11.6
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-12-21.
Noise
0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-09-04.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Q1 | 7,997 | 9 | 8 | 1125.4 |
| 2013 Q4 | 10,502 | 9 | 0 | 857.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 4,568 | 30 | 13 | 6567.4 |
| 2011 Q2 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,593 | 10 | 3 | 6277.5 |
| 2010 Q4 | 610 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 5,863 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 7,448 | 14 | 5 | 1879.7 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q1 | 6,786 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 5,574 | 5 | 3 | 897.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Mine #8
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.