Mining Incidents

No. 1 Coal

MG Energy LLC · Underground
Controlled by Robert B Hughes
Biggs, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519394

No. 1 has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $76K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
May 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
210
citations
59
significant & substantial
$76,412
proposed penalties
$100
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $76,312 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
33
inspections on record
1,219
inspection hours
17.2
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.
210 citations across 1,219 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No. 1 has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $76K 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.
$76K
proposed penalties
$76K
current assessed
$100
paid to date
$76K
outstanding
201 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-11-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.42 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 91 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.
0.42
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.26
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
91
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-11-19.
Silica (quartz)
11.4
silica avg (%)
18.2
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-08-29.
Noise
0%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-11-19.
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
2012 Q4 2,800 7 0 2500.0
2012 Q3 3,335 19 1 5697.2
2012 Q2 3,280 18 6 5487.8
2012 Q1 3,840 15 9 3906.2
2011 Q4 960 24 8 25000.0
2011 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,440 41 13 28472.2
2011 Q1 3,860 35 8 9067.4
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4 2,370 24 7 10126.6
2010 Q3 2,304 27 7 11718.8
2009 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2011 · 1 incident

May 10, 2011 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
MG Energy LLC · Struck by falling object

At about 10:30am ee stated that a small piece of draw rock pushed him to the ground and hurt his neck and back. He said he was not and could not go to the emergency room. After driving his self home he called me and said his doctor said he could go.

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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.