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: 655 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 2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $72 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$72
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-09-07.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine No 2 shows 96% of 82 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: 2007-03-29, 19 years ago
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
82
samples
2.27
dust max (mg/m3)
61 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 21 by the operator.
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.
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.
Mine No 2 recorded 2.33 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ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.
2.33
total case rate
2.33
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.87 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.96 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
2006 *
2.33
2.33
0.000
2005 *
7.83
5.22
0.000
2004 *
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.
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)
2008
2
2007
8
70,809
2006
39
397,050
2005
35
464,663
2004
22
241,133
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine No 2 sits in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · Population 30,712
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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
2008 Q1
80
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
2007 Q2
1,336
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
10,585
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
18,558
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
21,358
1
0
46.8
2006 Q2
18,333
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1
27,542
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
20,936
11
5
525.4
2005 Q3
21,185
4
1
188.8
2005 Q2
17,508
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
17,002
2
0
117.6
2004 Q4
14,868
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
12,494
2
0
160.1
2004 Q2
11,545
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,452
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2006 · 1 incident
May 31, 2006KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fall, took out a section of grating to access shoot that was cloged. EE forgot about it and stepped off into the hole. He caught himself with his arm and cut it on a piece of grating.
August 2, 2005KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE & CO-WORKER WERE CHANGING A TRACK ON 151-D-11. THEY HAD 3 BOLTS LOOSE & THE 4TH BOLT WOULD NOT BREAK LOOSE. EE WAS USING A TORCH TO HEAT THE TRACK LINK & A TRACK PIN FILLER PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE PIN, BLOWING HOT OIL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
2004 · 1 incident
March 19, 2004KY · Coalelectrician, linemanELECTRICAL
As ee attempted to install a cable trip system to a breaker that was energized on the top side, he inadvertantly stuck part of the bracket into the energized wire causing flash burns to his hands and neck.
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