Mining Incidents

Mine No 7 Coal

Sister Bear Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Stanley W Osborne
Dorton, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517616

Mine No 7 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1995–2001
Latest incident
Jul 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
75
citations
40
significant & substantial
$6,246
proposed penalties
$680
paid to date
11% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,566 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
410
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: 410 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 7 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$680
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-07-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 7 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.70 mg/m3 (87% compliant) across 54 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.
0.70
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.81
dust max (mg/m3)
87%
within 1.5 mg/m3
54
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-07-11.
Silica (quartz)
6.1
silica avg (%)
8.5
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-07-18.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-06-26.
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
2001 Q3 6,768 10 4 1477.5
2001 Q2 10,937 47 27 4297.3
2001 Q1 13,163 10 8 759.7
2000 Q4 9,589 3 1 312.9
2000 Q1 4,409 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2001 · 1 incident

July 11, 2001 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sister Bear Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING BOLTER WRENCH, IT BROKE AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH CUTTING HIS LIP AND TONGUE.

1999 · 3 incidents

December 9, 1999 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Emily Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING ON THE BOTTOM OF #1 BELT CHANGING A TOP PIECE OF STRUCTURE. AS HE STEPPED OFF OF THE BELT HE CRILLED HIS ANKLE.

September 30, 1999 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Emily Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING IN LOAD OF TIMBERS ON SCOOPONE TIMBER CAUGHT ON ROOF BOLT PLATE AND CAME BACK IN THE DECK OF THE SCOOP CATCHING HIM ON THE LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE.

September 24, 1999 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Emily Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PUTTING OIL IN A MINER. HE WAS DOWN ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES. A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HIP AND KNEE.

1998 · 2 incidents

November 13, 1998 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emily Enterprises Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS BEETING BITS OUT OF A CONTINUOUS MINOR. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

October 1, 1998 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emily Enterprises Inc · Struck against stationary object

SHOVELING BELT AND HIS LEFT SHOULDER HIT THE TOP.

1996 · 1 incident

January 19, 1996 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Sheep Fork Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN HE LOWERED DRILL POT HEAD DOWN ON RIGHT KNEE CAUSING ABRASIONS.

1995 · 3 incidents

December 21, 1995 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sheep Fork Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF MINING PARTS FROM OFF OF THE SCOOP. WHEN EMP PLACED PARTS ON MINE FLOOR, HAD PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

October 3, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sheep Fork Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CUTTING ELECTRIC CABLE WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE CUT THROUGH THE CBLE & CUT HIS ARM

September 6, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sheep Fork Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED EE WAS CUTTING RUBBER CONDUIT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEG.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 7

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.