Mine #9
Coal
Virgie,
Pike County,
KY
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516183
Mine #9 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1987–2001
- Latest incident
- Oct 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
10
significant & substantial
$2,972
proposed penalties
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,972 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
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: 240 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 #9 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 0 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.
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-02-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine #9 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.68 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 32 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.
Most recent sample: 2002-01-19.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2002-01-22.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2001-11-26.
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 |
| 2001 Q4 |
9,410 |
17 |
5 |
1806.6 |
| 2001 Q3 |
9,065 |
16 |
5 |
1765.0 |
| 2001 Q2 |
1,918 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2001 · 4 incidents
October 5, 2001
KY · Coal
scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sister Bear Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT EE INT HE HEAD AN DNECK.
September 28, 2001
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sister Bear Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BELT LINE (PULLING) AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK TO HIS FOOT.
July 30, 2001
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sister Bear Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
EMPLOYEE PUT HAND BETWEEN BELT AND CAUGHT HIS ARM AND IT ROLLED HIS ARM AROUND A ROLLER.
July 30, 2001
KY · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
MACHINERY
Sister Bear Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
EE WAS RUNNING A GALLIS SINGLE HEAD ROOF BOLTER, DRILLING A BOOM HOLE. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS, STRIKING THE EE.
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The full compliance file on Mine #9
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.