Mining Incidents

Mine No.1 Coal

KYZ Energy LLC · Underground
Controlled by Daniel W Bunn
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519460

Mine No.1 has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Dec 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
127
citations
38
significant & substantial
$27,046
proposed penalties
$10,300
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,746 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
40
inspections on record
935
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: 935 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 No.1 has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 2 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$16K
outstanding
124 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No.1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.55 mg/m3 (90% compliant) across 60 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.
0.55
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.27
dust max (mg/m3)
90%
within 1.5 mg/m3
60
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-11-22.
Silica (quartz)
3.5
silica avg (%)
3.5
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-09-23.
Noise
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-03-08.
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
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q1 84 2 0 23809.5
2012 Q2 1,380 3 0 2173.9
2012 Q1 1,172 2 0 1706.5
2011 Q4 5,126 16 1 3121.3
2011 Q3 8,104 47 17 5799.6
2011 Q2 6,951 6 2 863.2
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 5,135 9 3 1752.7
2010 Q4 5,580 4 0 716.8
2010 Q3 2,365 5 3 2114.2
2010 Q2 2,006 2 1 997.0
2010 Q1 1,072 4 2 3731.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2011 · 5 incidents

June 17, 2011 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oak Ridge Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cleaning under belt head, shovel kicked back hitting left thumb.

April 2, 2011 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oak Ridge Energy Inc · Struck by flying object

EE was holding a ripper chain pin while another EE hit it with a hammer. The other EE missed the pin and hit a bit. A piece of metal came loose and chipped Ee's tooth.

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The full compliance file on Mine No.1

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.