Mining Incidents

No. 2 Coal

Patrick Processing LLC · Underground
Controlled by Bill C Smith
McAndrews, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518787

No. 2 has $189K in proposed MSHA penalties and $103K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2006–2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
374
citations
196
significant & substantial
$189,221
proposed penalties
$85,840
paid to date
45% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $103,381 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
40
inspections on record
2,664
inspection hours
14.0
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.
374 citations across 2,664 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No. 2 has $189K in proposed MSHA penalties and $103K outstanding across 2 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.
$189K
proposed penalties
$189K
current assessed
$86K
paid to date
$103K
outstanding
366 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-03-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.70 mg/m3 (89% compliant) across 222 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.
0.70
dust avg (mg/m3)
6.53
dust max (mg/m3)
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
222
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-04-30.
Silica (quartz)
4.0
silica avg (%)
5.3
silica max (%)
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-02-21.
Noise
14%
over PEL
29
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-03-20.
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
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q2 13,465 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 24,339 73 38 2999.3
2007 Q4 25,507 21 13 823.3
2007 Q3 24,728 64 28 2588.2
2007 Q2 22,533 16 11 710.1
2007 Q1 20,021 34 20 1698.2
2006 Q4 11,623 27 18 2323.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3 12,159 16 8 1315.9
2006 Q2 14,076 32 18 2273.4
2006 Q1 15,608 27 13 1729.9
2005 Q4 13,288 16 4 1204.1
2005 Q3 16,790 15 5 893.4
2005 Q2 15,932 21 13 1318.1
2005 Q1 2,318 12 7 5176.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2008 · 1 incident

February 11, 2008 KY · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Patrick Processing LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was walking to part's sled and made a mis-step and stepped into a holes then he felt pain in lower back. At spad #1645.

2007 · 1 incident

January 23, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patrick Processing LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting rubber mat at power center when he experienced severe pain in his lower abdomen.

2006 · 1 incident

November 1, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Patrick Processing LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Making belt move, putting in structure and started to pull tailpiece back and the scoop bumped the tailpiece in the wrong direction. EE caught his finger between tailpiece and belt rail.

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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.