Mining Incidents

Mine No. 25 Coal

Reedy Coal Co; Inc · Underground
Controlled by Willis Ring
Pinetop, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518740

Mine No. 25 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Sep 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
38
citations
18
significant & substantial
$3,742
proposed penalties
$3,742
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
10
inspections on record
648
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: 648 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. 25 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-01-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No. 25 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.71 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 55 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.
0.71
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.09
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
55
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-01-12.
Silica (quartz)
8.5
silica avg (%)
11.7
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-11-23.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-08-31.
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
2005 Q1 13,414 9 5 670.9
2004 Q4 37,094 4 2 107.8
2004 Q3 38,576 11 4 285.2
2004 Q2 9,653 14 7 1450.3

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 2, 2004 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Reedy Coal Co; Inc · Struck by falling object

EE had just finished installing timbers and began to observe the top for the miner operator who had begun to cut the end cut in the #2 entry. A section of roof measuring 18' wide 0-60" thick fell on ee causing fatal injuries.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2004 · 1 incident

September 2, 2004 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reedy Coal Co; Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Ee caught his right foot under railroad track causing him to fall.

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The full compliance file on Mine No. 25

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.