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: 603 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 Surface has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-07-28.
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 10 Surface shows 100% of 28 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: 2004-07-13, 22 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
28
samples
1.26
dust max (mg/m3)
20 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 8 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 10 Surface recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.57 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.89 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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)
2005
6
2004
13
80,860
2003
35
254,393
2002
4
2000
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
No 10 Surface 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
LCC Kentucky LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was operating a Cat articulated truck hauling spoil to dump area of the hollow fill. Upon second load he attempted to back into the dump site and for whatever reason backing over slope he exited or was ejected from truck suffering severed right foot, cut and abrasions to rest of body. Per company call 5-27-05, leg was amputated to 5 inches above ankle - coder 12.
1999 · 1 incident
February 3, 1999KY · Coalblaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkeySLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS DESCENDING A LADDER ON THE BACK OF A JOB SITE ANDO BULK TRUCK, WHEN HIS FOOT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM (1ST STEP) STEP, HE LOST BALANCE & FELL TO GROUND. THE RIGHT SIDE BRACE OF T HE STEP WAS BROKEN. THE UNSAFE CONDITION OF THE STEP WAS NOT REPORTED OR CAUTION TAKEN BY EE DURING HIS DESCENT.
EMP WAS LIFTING A TRACK SEGMENT WHILE REPAIRING A D11 DOZER WHICH INJURED LOWER BACK. MISSED 3 DAYS THEN REPORTED BACK TO WORK ON 3-29-97. LEFT AGAIN WITH BACK PAIN ON 4-26-97.
March 31, 1997KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
UNDER TRUCK, KNOCKED LOOSE MATERIAL INTO EYE. EE CLEANED EYE OUT. WENT TO DOC. SAT 11/30/96. GOT TWO PIECES OF METAL OUT OF EYE. WENT TO ER TO REMOVE PATCH. WENT TO EYE SPECIALIST 12/2/96, REM OVER RUST FROM EYE.
CLIMBED ON THE GUARD RAIL TO CLEAN THE WINDOWS ON THE HIGHWALL DRILL. LOST HIS BALANCE & GRABBED THE DOOR & FELL TO THE GROUND. INJURYTO RIGHT SHOULDER
October 17, 1996KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS MOUNTING THE FRONT END LOADER. WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED, DUE TO THE WET MUDDY CONDITIONS, HE LOST HIS BALANCE. FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND AND INJURED HIS WRIST.
1995 · 3 incidents
September 22, 1995KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMP BACKED HIS SERVICE TRUCK UP TO TE REAR PORTION OF A 777CAT TRUCK TO CLIMB FROM DERVICE TRUCK TO THE BED OF THE TRIPLE 7 TO RETRIEVE SOME PARTS. WHILE CLIMBING BACK DOWN HIS FEET SLIPPED CA USING HIM TO FALL ONTO THE DECKLID OF SERV TRUCK
CONTRACTOR WAS OPERATING A COAL TRUCK. WHEN HE CAME TO A GRADE AND TRIED TO DOWN SHIFT HE MISSED A GEAR, WHILE TRYING TO GET THE TRUCK BACK IN GEAR. IT WAS PICKING UP SPEED. THE OPERATOR JUMPE D FROM THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK HIT THE BEARM AN OVERTURNED.
THE OPERATOR OF THE 777 ROCK TRUCK DIDN'T GET SQUARE WITH HIS DUMP AND BACKED THE OFF SIDE TIRE UP ON THE BERM. WHEN HE RAISED THE BED TH ETRUCK TURNED OVER. THE OPERATOR GRABED THE DOOR WIT H HIS LEFT HAND. IT MASHED HIS LEFT RING FINGER. OPERATOR WAS WEARING SAFETY BELTS.
1994 · 1 incident
June 25, 1994KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
FELL OFF DION DOZER WHILE HE WAS CHECKING OIL LEVEL,INJURING HIS LEFT LEG AND KNEE.IT WAS RAINING AND HE HAD MUD ON HIS FEET. THE METAL ON DOZER WAS ALSO WET CAUSING HIS FFET TO SLIP.
1993 · 1 incident
March 8, 1993KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WALKING UP. HILL WHEN THE WIND BLEW THE LIMPS OUT OF A TREE WHEN FELL AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER. KNOCKING HIS HART HAT OFF PUTTING A CUT IN HIS HEAD AND BREAKING HIS SHOULDER.