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.
254 citations across 1,440 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
No. 1 has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $33K 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$227
paid to date
$33K
outstanding
250 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-12-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at No. 1 shows 95% of 151 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2004-10-22, 21 years ago
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
151
samples
2.49
dust max (mg/m3)
71 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 80 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
No. 1 recorded 10.36 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
10.36
total case rate
5.18
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.22 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2010
4
2009
4
2004
1
27,877
2003
18
46,365
2002
23
91,267
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
No. 1 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2010 Q1
928
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,216
1
1
451.3
2009 Q3
1,440
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
520
35
17
67307.7
2004 Q1
520
26
13
50000.0
2003 Q4
2,110
14
7
6635.1
2003 Q2
9,651
17
8
1761.5
2003 Q1
11,372
20
5
1758.7
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4
12,454
9
5
722.7
2002 Q3
12,252
17
6
1387.5
2002 Q2
9,753
14
5
1435.5
2002 Q1
4,135
7
3
1692.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2004 · 2 incidents
November 4, 2004KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
E-Z Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was inserting a roof bolt into the mine roof using the roof bolter to push the bolt into the hole. He was using his left hand to guide the bolt into the hole and got his middle finger pinched between the mine roof and the bolting machine.
EE WAS ON THE OFFSIDE OF THE TAILPIECE WHEN THE SCOOP CAME IN TO DUMP COAL HITTING THE TAILPIECE PUSHING IT OVER ON HIS RIGHT LEG BRUISING THE RIGHT KNEE. HE WAS ASKED IF HE WANTED TO GO TO HO SPITAL BUT HE REFUSED.
February 18, 2003KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
DRIVING PERSONNEL CAR, RAN INTO A CURTAIN BOARD WITH THE CURTAIN ON IT. THIS IN TURN PUSHED HIS HEAD ONTO HIS NECK AND CRUSHED HIS VERTEBRAE.
2002 · 2 incidents
July 16, 2002KY · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
E-Z Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WAS MOVING THE BOLTER MACHINE & THE BOLTER DECK CAUGHT HIS RT KNEE & PINNED IT AGAINST THE RIB. CAUSED A BRUISED INJURY TO RT KNEE.
July 14, 2002KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)ELECTRICAL
E-Z Mining Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
HE UNPLUGGED THE BATTERIES ON THE PERSONNEL CAR #2 BEFORE TURNING THE CHARGER OFF IN WHICH IT, THE PLUG IN, CAUSED A SPARK. GAS FROM A 6 VOLT BATTERY ARCHED BLOWING DIRT & DEBRIS IN HIS LEFT E YE.