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Mine No. 2: 430 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Josh Osborne
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517462

Mine No. 2 has $166K in proposed MSHA penalties and $164K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
Sep 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
430
citations
194
significant & substantial
$165,718
proposed penalties
$1,511
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $164,207 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Midgard Mining Company LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
97
inspections on record
2,443
inspection hours
17.6
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.
430 citations across 2,443 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine No. 2 has $166K in proposed MSHA penalties and $164K outstanding across 0 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.
$166K
proposed penalties
$166K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$164K
outstanding
422 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-07-26.
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.
45.8%
significant & substantial
11.3%
high negligence or reckless
45.9%
reasonably likely or greater
13.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.2% none, 9.4% low, 79.0% moderate, 11.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No. 2 shows 89% of 450 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: 2005-08-17, 21 years ago
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
450
samples
31.94
dust max (mg/m3)
250 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 200 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR148
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR49
  • UTILITY MAN36

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2005-08-03, 21 years ago
3.6
silica avg (%)
52
samples
8.2
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR19
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR4
  • UTILITY MAN4
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: 2003-02-24, 23 years ago
0%
over PEL
14
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)4
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR2
  • BELT MAN/CONVEYOR MAN1
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
2005 92% 49
2004 88% 75
2003 87% 69
2002 91% 70
2001 85% 86
2000 90% 101
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2005 2.6 5
2004 2.9 11
2003 3.3 11
2002 4.1 7
2001 3.4 8
2000 5.2 10
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2003 0% 1
2002 0% 5
2000 0% 8
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Mine No. 2 recorded 11.05 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ 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.
11.05
total case rate
11.05
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 7.69 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2001 * 11.05 11.05 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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. Cedar Grove Mining Inc 1993 to 1996
  2. Sister Bear Mining, Inc 1996 to 2003
  3. Misty Mountain Mining, Inc. 2003 to 2005
  4. Midgard Mining Company LLC 2005 to present
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)
2006 0
2005 5 10,285
2003 22 88,520
2002 24 64,590
2001 25 110,931
2000 17 46,505
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mine No. 2 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
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 5,054 1 1 197.9
2003 Q3 13,246 28 13 2113.8
2003 Q2 13,411 32 14 2386.1
2003 Q1 10,315 29 18 2811.4
2002 Q4 13,821 21 10 1519.4
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 13,311 14 5 1051.8
2001 Q4 13,523 25 19 1848.7
2001 Q3 14,151 12 4 848.0
2001 Q2 14,275 22 11 1541.2
2001 Q1 12,367 12 8 970.3
2000 Q4 7,861 24 7 3053.0
2000 Q3 4,466 24 10 5373.9
2000 Q2 5,416 21 5 3877.4
2000 Q1 8,125 32 14 3938.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2004 · 1 incident

2003 · 1 incident

March 14, 2003 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss ELECTRICAL
Sister Bear Mining, Inc · Contact with electrical current

WORKER WAS MOVING POWER PULL CABLE LOOSE FROM SPLICE BOX START TO TAKE COVER OF BOX TOOK OUT TWO BOLTS WONT TO TAKE COVER OFF TOP AND GOT AND ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

2001 · 3 incidents

August 24, 2001 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Sister Bear Mining, Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS WORKING WITH RIB ROLLER AND IT ROLLED OFF ON HIS L LEG AND ARM.

May 10, 2001 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sister Bear Mining, Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS AT BOOM HOLE ON SCOOP WHEN COWORKER COULDN'T SEE HIM FOR A LOAD OF COAL & EE'S SCOOP & PUSHED HIM UNDER THE TOP OF THE BOOM SCOOP, CRUSHER HIS HEAD, NECK & SHOULDER.

March 23, 2001 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sister Bear Mining, Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS WORKING ON BELT LINE, NAILING SPLICE, HAMMER HIT ROCK, ROCK FELL AND HIT LEFT WRIST.