Mountaintop Mine #2 Coal
Mountaintop, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Steve Meade
Whitesburg,
Letcher County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518632
Mountaintop Mine #2 has $372 in proposed MSHA penalties and $372 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$372
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $372 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
4
inspections on record
65
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 65 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mountaintop Mine #2 has $372 in proposed MSHA penalties and $372 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$372
proposed penalties
$372
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$372
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-07-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Mountaintop Mine #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 3 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.28
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-07-10.
Noise
67%
over PEL
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-07-10.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Mountaintop Mine #2
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.