Mining Incidents

Mine No. 20 Coal

Reedy Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Willis Ring
Deane, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518648

Mine No. 20 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $107 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2003–2004
Latest incident
Feb 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
173
citations
52
significant & substantial
$14,530
proposed penalties
$14,423
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $107 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
11
inspections on record
695
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: 695 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. 20 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $107 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$107
outstanding
162 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-06-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No. 20 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.61 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 73 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.
0.61
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.09
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
73
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-04-07.
Silica (quartz)
9.5
silica avg (%)
18.2
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-04-13.
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
2004 Q2 29,115 32 9 1099.1
2004 Q1 34,936 88 26 2518.9
2003 Q4 37,817 40 14 1057.7
2003 Q3 26,693 13 3 487.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2004 · 1 incident

February 21, 2004 KY · Coal

EE WAS HIT IN THE LEG BY AN 828 UNI-HAULER RESULTING IN A BROKEN BONE IN HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG.

2003 · 5 incidents

November 15, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Reedy Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL MEASURING 24' WIDE, 30' LONG AND 3' TO 8' HIGH FELL ONTO THE CUTTER HEAD OF THE 1415 JOY MINER BEING USED TO LOAD COAL ONTO THE 001 PILLAR SECTION.

September 15, 2003 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler

LAYING RAIL. LIFTING RAIL WITH A BAR, HURT BACK.

September 1, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Reedy Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FALL OCCURRED SOMETIME DURING THE 3 SHIFT, 8 BREAKS UNDERGROUND IN THE #2 ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURED 120" LONG AND 5' TO 7'HIGH. THE TOP WAS LAMINATED SHELL SANDSTONE. NO INJURIED OCCURRED DUR ING THIS FALL.

August 21, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Reedy Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FALL #2 ENTRY 20' IN BY SPAD #45. THE FALL WAS 700' OUT BY WORKING FACE, MEASURED 40' LONG 19' WIDE 6-7' HIGH.

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The full compliance file on Mine No. 20

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.