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.
406 citations across 3,666 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
No. 2 has $68K in proposed MSHA penalties and $173 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.
$68K
proposed penalties
$68K
current assessed
$68K
paid to date
$173
outstanding
399 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-12-08.
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. 2 shows 93% of 721 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: 2008-08-28, 17 years ago
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
721
samples
5.74
dust max (mg/m3)
371 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 350 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. 2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.87 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
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
2.63
2.63
0.000
2005 *
2.45
2.45
0.000
2004 *
2.51
2.51
0.000
2003 *
2.75
2.75
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)
2008
25
118,477
2007
27
91,087
2006
38
181,062
2005
39
178,145
2004
37
210,848
2003
35
220,935
2002
31
100,001
2001
13
25,966
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
No. 2 sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
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
2008 Q4
0
1
0
2008 Q3
21,038
22
5
1045.7
2008 Q2
18,807
49
12
2605.4
2008 Q1
11,538
21
6
1820.1
2007 Q4
14,537
29
10
1994.9
2007 Q3
14,249
10
6
701.8
2007 Q2
13,953
4
2
286.7
2007 Q1
13,432
9
1
670.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4
21,078
8
0
379.5
2006 Q3
14,447
9
1
623.0
2006 Q2
21,049
4
0
190.0
2006 Q1
19,515
11
4
563.7
2005 Q4
19,730
10
2
506.8
2005 Q3
19,528
20
7
1024.2
2005 Q2
21,700
1
0
46.1
2005 Q1
20,657
4
0
193.6
2004 Q4
21,185
5
3
236.0
2004 Q3
20,229
42
16
2076.2
2004 Q2
19,394
25
13
1289.1
2004 Q1
18,779
17
4
905.3
2003 Q4
19,635
9
3
458.4
2003 Q3
18,117
17
1
938.3
2003 Q2
17,846
8
2
448.3
2003 Q1
17,074
4
0
234.3
2002 Q4
18,310
13
6
710.0
2002 Q3
16,846
4
0
237.4
2002 Q2
13,848
8
3
577.7
2001 Q4
12,696
8
3
630.1
2001 Q3
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2006 · 1 incident
May 18, 2006KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
While rolling unused conveyor belt in small rolls strained his back.
2004 · 1 incident
April 14, 2004KY · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerPOWERED HAULAGE
A & M Coal Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A BLOCK OF COAL HAD FALLEN BETWEEN BELTS WHILE PRODUCING. THE EE REACHED IN TO REMOVE THE BLOCK OF COAL WHILE THE BELT WAS STILL RUNNING, CATCHING HIS ARM IN THE BELT STRUCTURE.
2003 · 1 incident
August 21, 2003KY · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
INJURED WAS SPRADING GRAVEL ON ROAD AT CONTRACTOR'S MINE WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF LOADER, RUNNING IN DITCH. HE WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED FROM LOADER, INJURING HIS MOUTH, BACK & HIP & LEG.
July 31, 2002KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS RIDING IN A PERSONNEL CARRIER & RAISED TO WHEN HE STRUCK A PIECE OF ROCK THAT WAS LOOSE FROM THE ROOF. HE RECEIVED CUTS & BRUISES TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.