No. 1 Tipple: 3 MSHA citations
Coal
No. 1 Tipple has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1989. MSHA has proposed $281 in penalties since 2003.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1989–1990
- Latest incident
- Sep 1990
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
2
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
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: 13 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
No. 1 Tipple has $281 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-10-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
66.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
66.7%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
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Little Delta Mining Company Inc
1976 to 1984
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Katron Coal Corp
1984 to 1987
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Highlands Coal Sales Inc
1987 to 2003
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D F M Inc
2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2003 |
2 |
| 1999 |
1 |
| 1998 |
1 |
| 1997 |
1 |
| 1996 |
2 |
| 1995 |
2 |
| 1994 |
3 |
| 1993 |
4 |
| 1992 |
4 |
| 1991 |
4 |
| 1990 |
4 |
| 1989 |
4 |
| 1988 |
3 |
| 1987 |
2 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
No. 1 Tipple sits in Johnson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Johnson County, Kentucky · Population 22,464
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$43,014
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 |
| 2003 Q4 |
30 |
3 |
2 |
100000.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
1990 · 1 incident
September 15, 1990
KY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CURRING LIMB OFF TREE WHEN IT BROKE & FELL INTO LADDER CASUING EMPL TO FALL OFF LADDER APPROX 10'.
1989 · 1 incident
COAL STUCK IN NO 3 HOPPER PRYING WITH BAR FELT PAIN ON STOMACH