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Mine No.1: 127 MSHA citations 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.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
30.6%
significant & substantial
11.3%
high negligence or reckless
30.6%
reasonably likely or greater
17.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.4% low, 69.4% moderate, 11.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
37 citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
  • Settled 37 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 14 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
11%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $4K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-11-15.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
KENT 2012-208 Settlement McCarthy 2013 $4K → $4K
KENT 2012-207 Settlement McCarthy 2013 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No.1 shows 90% of 60 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2011-11-22, 14 years ago
90%
within 1.5 mg/m3
60
samples
5.27
dust max (mg/m3)
34 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 26 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR27
  • MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR13
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)4

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2011-09-23, 14 years ago
3.5
silica avg (%)
1
samples
3.5
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2011-03-08, 15 years ago
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR2
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)1
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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 by year
ⓘ 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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2011 89% 55
2010 100% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Mine No.1 recorded 31.60 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.

Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
31.60
total case rate
23.70
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.83 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.28 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Oak Ridge Energy Inc 2010 to 2012
  2. KYZ Energy LLC 2012 to present
  3. Genetec Mining, LLC 2015 to 2015
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2016 0
2015 1
2012 5
2011 18 25,581
2010 9 1,806
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mine No.1 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 45 15 5552.8
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 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,006 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,072 2 2 1865.7
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.