Mining Incidents

No. 1 Coal

Coal Express, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Eddie Rowe
Myra, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517738

No. 1 has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $51K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1998–2000
Latest incident
Dec 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
332
citations
199
significant & substantial
$57,067
proposed penalties
$6,274
paid to date
11% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $50,793 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
67
inspections on record
2,203
inspection hours
15.1
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.
332 citations across 2,203 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No. 1 has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $51K outstanding across 3 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.
$57K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$51K
outstanding
327 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-03-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.58 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 229 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.
0.58
dust avg (mg/m3)
6.21
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
229
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-03-23.
Silica (quartz)
7.4
silica avg (%)
15.9
silica max (%)
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-03-07.
Noise
4%
over PEL
26
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-11-15.
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
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 2,989 15 12 5018.4
2005 Q4 2,601 16 7 6151.5
2005 Q3 1,784 15 9 8408.1
2004 Q4 5,844 34 20 5817.9
2004 Q3 4,977 12 7 2411.1
2004 Q2 4,895 38 26 7763.0
2003 Q4 4,667 25 12 5356.8
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3 4,861 13 12 2674.3
2003 Q2 6,870 14 9 2037.8
2003 Q1 5,320 13 4 2443.6
2002 Q4 11,064 20 12 1807.7
2002 Q3 6,460 20 9 3096.0
2002 Q2 1,002 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q4 25,123 11 9 437.8
2000 Q3 21,544 6 5 278.5
2000 Q2 25,747 9 5 349.6
2000 Q1 25,216 6 5 237.9

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 16, 1999 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
South Akers Mining Llc · Struck by falling object

THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE OPERATOR WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN A ROOF FALL OCCURRED DURING THE RETREAT MINING CYCLE. THE VICTIM WAS OPERATING A JOY MODEL 14-9 CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE BY REM OTE CONTROL WHEN THE FALL OCCURRED. THE CONTINUOS MINING MACHINE HELPER ALSO RECEIVED INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE ROOF FALL.

Reportable incidents

11 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2000 · 3 incidents

December 29, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
South Akers Mining Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING PRY BAR ON ROCK AT FEEDER, BAR SLIPPED STRIKING FACE.

July 14, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Akers Mining Llc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE WHILE HE WASHANGING CURTAIN AT #5 HEADING.

1999 · 3 incidents

August 24, 1999 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
South Akers Mining Llc · Fall from machine

CAUGHT SHOULDER ON ROOF AND FELL OFF.

1998 · 5 incidents

April 28, 1998 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Akers Mining Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL FROM #4 BELT AND HURT BACK.

March 17, 1998 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Akers Mining Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TURNING PLUG ON TRANSFORMER POWER BOX AND SPRAINED CHEST.

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The full compliance file on No. 1

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.