Mining Incidents

No 12 Coal

Ember Contracting Inc · Underground
Controlled by Randy Gilkerson
Myra, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518593

No 12 has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $25K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2009
Latest incident
May 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
196
citations
73
significant & substantial
$36,880
proposed penalties
$11,467
paid to date
31% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $25,413 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
49
inspections on record
1,702
inspection hours
11.5
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.
196 citations across 1,702 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 12 has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $25K outstanding across 7 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$25K
outstanding
187 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-08-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 12 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.60 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 166 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.
0.60
dust avg (mg/m3)
6.62
dust max (mg/m3)
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
166
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-08-03.
Silica (quartz)
6.1
silica avg (%)
7.8
silica max (%)
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-02-12.
Noise
7%
over PEL
29
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-02-05.
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
2009 Q3 4,990 14 3 2805.6
2009 Q2 11,375 17 4 1494.5
2009 Q1 11,236 20 11 1780.0
2008 Q4 4,243 4 1 942.7
2008 Q2 360 9 5 25000.0
2008 Q1 3,091 35 15 11323.2
2007 Q4 2,258 5 1 2214.3
2007 Q3 8,798 15 6 1704.9
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 7,511 11 4 1464.5
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 6,651 2 1 300.7
2004 Q2 10,150 11 7 1083.7
2004 Q1 10,994 11 4 1000.5
2003 Q4 12,828 3 1 233.9
2003 Q3 12,553 22 5 1752.6
2003 Q2 10,748 12 3 1116.5
2003 Q1 1,494 5 2 3346.7
2002 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2009 · 1 incident

May 19, 2009 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Ember Contracting Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee stated that he was traveling to #3 belt and hit a bump causing him to hit his head against mine top.

2003 · 4 incidents

December 11, 2003 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BATTERY WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF METAL AND THEN FELL ON HIS KNEE.

September 15, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
MiTac Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A NON INJURY ROOF FALL WAS FOUND BY THE PRE-SHIFT FOREMAN IN THE FIRST CROSS CUT OUT BY THE FACEOF #2 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS A RESULT OF A MUD SEAM, AND WAS 7' BY 18' BY 70'.

July 31, 2003 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND FELT STRAIN IN BACK AREA.

June 11, 2003 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
MiTac Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN HIS GLOVEBECAME INTANGLED WITH THE ROOF BOLT. THE EE SUFFERED A BROKEN THUMB.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on No 12

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.