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No. 2: 358 MSHA citations Coal

New Age Mining LLC · Underground
Controlled by James L Bevins
Ransom, Pike County, KY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1518050

No. 2 has $70K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Nov 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
358
citations
55
significant & substantial
$69,544
proposed penalties
$9,855
paid to date
14% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $59,689 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See New Age Mining LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
67
inspections on record
4,450
inspection hours
8.0
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.
358 citations across 4,450 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No. 2 has $70K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60K 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.
$70K
proposed penalties
$70K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$60K
outstanding
350 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-03-02.
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.
15.7%
significant & substantial
13.4%
high negligence or reckless
15.7%
reasonably likely or greater
21.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.1% none, 8.6% low, 76.9% moderate, 13.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 2 shows 100% of 437 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: 2022-02-09, 4 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
437
samples
2.38
dust max (mg/m3)
7
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
125 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 312 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR193
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)123
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)33

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2022-01-21, 4 years ago
14.3
silica avg (%)
19
samples
26.2
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)11
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR7
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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.

Last sampled: 2022-01-28, 4 years ago
0%
over PEL
33
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)9
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR6
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)5
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
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
2022 100% 17
2021 99% 110
2020 100% 52
2019 100% 128
2018 99% 122
2017 100% 8
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2022 3.4 1
2021 10.7 6
2020 13.7 2
2019 16.5 8
2018 22.8 2
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2022 0% 5
2021 0% 5
2020 0% 8
2019 0% 1
2018 0% 7
2017 0% 7
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

No. 2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2021.

Injury rate, 2021
ⓘ 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 3.35 and the all-US-mining average was 2.19 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.58 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.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc 1998 to 2010
  2. J 1 Mining LLC 2010 to 2011
  3. Somer Grace Coal Company L. L. C. 2011 to 2012
  4. Mercy Mining, LLC 2012 to 2017
  5. New Age Mining LLC 2017 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)
2022 11 6,000
2021 11 36,719
2020 12 23,186
2019 16 13,021
2018 14 26,649
2017 11 871
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

No. 2 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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 3,426 23 4 6713.4
2021 Q4 5,900 26 2 4406.8
2021 Q3 5,694 6 2 1053.7
2021 Q2 5,548 14 5 2523.4
2021 Q1 6,611 8 0 1210.1
2020 Q4 7,606 12 0 1577.7
2020 Q3 7,084 13 2 1835.1
2019 Q3 6,229 33 3 5297.8
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 4,724 30 4 6350.6
2018 Q2 7,460 19 3 2546.9
2017 Q3 2,985 4 0 1340.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

August 6, 1998 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Sunny Ridge Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

TAKING END LOADER TO PUSH TRUCK UP THE HAUL ROAD. HE LOST CONTROL AND JUMPED OUT OF THE END LOADER.