Mining Incidents

No 2 Coal

Metelectric LLC · Surface
Controlled by Michael S Branham
Harold, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518574

No 2 has $113K in proposed MSHA penalties and $47K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2003–2016
Latest incident
Jan 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
351
citations
163
significant & substantial
$113,387
proposed penalties
$53,608
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $59,779 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
80
inspections on record
2,800
inspection hours
12.5
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.
351 citations across 2,800 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 2 has $113K in proposed MSHA penalties and $47K outstanding across 8 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.
$113K
proposed penalties
$101K
current assessed
$54K
paid to date
$47K
outstanding
323 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-07-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.25 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 197 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.
0.25
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.49
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
197
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-07-31.
Silica (quartz)
9.0
silica avg (%)
18.8
silica max (%)
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-02-21.
Noise
6%
over PEL
83
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-03-09.
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
2020 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 500 4 0 8000.0
2019 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,000 4 2 666.7
2017 Q2 5,250 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,050 2 1 396.0
2016 Q2 6,000 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,500 0 0 0.0
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3 3,000 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,000 12 4 4000.0
2015 Q1 3,975 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,734 3 1 523.2
2014 Q2 4,800 6 2 1250.0
2014 Q1 3,200 2 1 625.0
2013 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 14,628 1 0 68.4
2011 Q3 16,013 13 2 811.8
2011 Q2 7,267 9 2 1238.5
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 469 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 255 1 0 3921.6
2009 Q4 4,903 25 12 5098.9
2009 Q3 5,240 13 2 2480.9
2009 Q2 6,954 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 7,719 13 5 1684.2
2008 Q4 10,604 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,422 14 3 1662.3
2008 Q2 7,247 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,387 15 7 2348.5
2007 Q4 6,554 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,943 30 11 5048.0
2007 Q2 7,751 2 1 258.0
2007 Q1 6,248 5 3 800.3
2006 Q4 7,525 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,533 6 5 796.5
2006 Q2 7,885 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,801 6 3 769.1
2005 Q4 7,868 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,007 1 1 124.9
2005 Q2 7,408 14 9 1889.8
2005 Q1 6,679 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,582 15 10 2687.2
2004 Q3 5,721 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,860 16 11 3292.2
2004 Q1 5,340 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,288 14 12 3264.9
2003 Q3 4,084 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,343 2 0 853.6
2003 Q1 748 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 618 9 7 14563.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2016 · 1 incident

January 13, 2016 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Metelectric LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While holding an impact wrench overhead to drop belly pan on an excavator EE felt a pain in back of right shoulder then fingers started getting numb.

2014 · 1 incident

October 4, 2014 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Metelectric LLC · Struck by flying object

arrived at job opened hood on 980K at same time wind kicked up; blowing debris into face and right eye under safety glasses

2010 · 1 incident

June 16, 2010 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Raven Company, Inc. · Fall from machine

Repairs were being made on a Caterpillar D10N dozer. Employee was on top of machine when he grabbed a loose piece of tubing a fell backwards off of machine and hit a truck fender.

2009 · 1 incident

July 20, 2009 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
The Raven Company, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

No accident reported on day of occurence, Injury had stepped of the 777A rock truck in a normal 3 point descent. His left knee had apparently started to bother him continued to work full shift next morning called in and said he would be going to a dr.

2008 · 1 incident

August 25, 2008 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
The Raven Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator stuck hand into air conditioner fan in top of cab. Possible disorentation, refused drug screen at hospital.

2007 · 1 incident

May 15, 2007 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
The Raven Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

773 & 777 trks were hauling mud from #1 sediment pond up hill to dump area. 777 went up fuel tank hill dropping mud on hill. 773 came back down road was slick started sliding after 200' slide through berm down into creek front first.

2006 · 2 incidents

September 1, 2006 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
The Raven Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pushing accelerator pedal on 992C end loader caused pain in right foot.

May 18, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The Raven Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Mechanic & drill operator were removing teeth from the bucket of the excavator using an 8 lb. sledge hammer to jar the teeth while the injured employee used a bottle jack to push on the pin piece of the hammer. The head came off & flew into the employee's left hand between his first two fingers.

2004 · 1 incident

January 22, 2004 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Raven Company, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

While dismounting Cat 777 truck on stairs, feet slipped and hit right elbow on bumper of truck. Received stitches at hospital and returned to work following A.M. No loss time.

2003 · 1 incident

July 22, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer

EE WAS BRUSHING/CLEARING WITH EXCAVATOR WHEN TREE FELL THROUGH THE MACHINE DOOR AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, PINNING FOOT. RIGHT FOOT WAS CUT ON BOTTOM AND POSSIBLE FRACTURED BONES IN THE FOO T.

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The full compliance file on No 2

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.