Mining Incidents

Mine No. 3 Coal

Controlled by Roger L Kirk
Clifford, Lawrence County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519467

Mine No. 3 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Apr 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
38
citations
15
significant & substantial
$4,247
proposed penalties
$300
paid to date
7% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,947 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
20
inspections on record
729
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: 729 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. 3 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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
$300
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-04-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No. 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.26 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 38 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.
0.26
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.03
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
38
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-01-15.
Silica (quartz)
9.1
silica avg (%)
9.1
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-04-05.
Noise
0%
over PEL
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-01-15.
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
2015 Q1 4,552 1 0 219.7
2014 Q4 5,637 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 9,364 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 10,744 1 0 93.1
2014 Q1 7,472 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 7,034 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,639 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,454 0 0 0.0
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 11,275 8 3 709.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

April 25, 2014 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Roadway Unlimited LLC · Fall from machine

Rock truck operator was getting off truck at approx. 5:00 when he slipped from bottom step and falling to the ground, hitting ground hurting lower back.

February 20, 2014 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Roadway Unlimited LLC · Struck against a moving object

992D loader loading rock trucks in pit area when loader wheel went in soft spot in pit causing bucket to hit bed on rock truck jerking operator - causing sore back.

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The full compliance file on Mine No. 3

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.