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No 10: 149 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Connie Bryant
Premium, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516898

No 10 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
149
citations
66
significant & substantial
$17,807
proposed penalties
$957
paid to date
5% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,850 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Foggy Mountain Coal Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
25
inspections on record
700
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 700 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 10 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$957
paid to date
$17K
outstanding
142 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-05-18.
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.
45.5%
significant & substantial
2.1%
high negligence or reckless
45.1%
reasonably likely or greater
13.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.5% low, 94.4% moderate, 2.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 10 shows 87% of 63 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: 2009-04-30, 17 years ago
87%
within 1.5 mg/m3
63
samples
9.32
dust max (mg/m3)
38 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 25 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR25
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)7
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)5

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2001-10-31, 24 years ago
5.6
silica avg (%)
6
samples
7.2
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR4
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2009 100% 13
2001 84% 50
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Tara John Coal Corp Inc 1990 to 1990
  2. R S Mining Inc 1990 to 2001
  3. Nu Enterprise Corp 2001 to 2002
  4. Cook and Sons Mining, Inc. 2002 to 2008
  5. Harley Coal Inc. 2008 to 2008
  6. Foggy Mountain Coal Company Inc 2008 to present
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)
2009 5 14,329
2008 5 368
2003 0
2002 5 766
2001 6 1,474
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

No 10 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
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
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 1,710 22 10 12865.5
2009 Q1 3,436 34 7 9895.2
2008 Q4 2,568 11 3 4283.5
2003 Q4 0 12 9
2002 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,050 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,920 16 11 8333.3

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.