Mining Incidents

No 23 Coal

Eagle Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Van Lear, Johnson County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519100

No 23 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
35
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,920
proposed penalties
$3,422
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $498 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
13
inspections on record
488
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 488 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 23 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-09-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 23 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.28 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 52 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.
0.28
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.82
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
52
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-08-25.
Silica (quartz)
7.6
silica avg (%)
11.1
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-05-29.
Noise
0%
over PEL
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-03-06.
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 Q3 16,336 3 0 183.6
2008 Q2 20,917 6 1 286.8
2008 Q1 16,496 13 1 788.1
2007 Q4 12,152 10 1 822.9
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 3 1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2008 · 7 incidents

September 3, 2008 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee came in early to work and was loading belt structure in scoop bucket and pulled a muscle in his stomach.

June 14, 2008 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall at 3 crosscuts outby Spad 151 between #5 and #6 entries. The fall is approximately 1800 ft underground and 1500 ft from the face. Fall was 16' high, 18' wide and 20' long. The mine was idle. Employees were doing utility work. Fall will not be cleaned up. Fall will be dangered off and supported as per roof control plan.

June 10, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was roof bolting he was putting in pin steel and pulled wrong lever and boom came down and hit his right hand bruising it.

May 9, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

He was unloading supplies when he felt pain in lower back, pulled muscle.

April 21, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

He was bolting roof When he was changing drill steel. When the steel fell out an hit his hand cutting his right thumb. He received 16 stitches. No lost time.

April 7, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

He was helping to move mine. He was walking with his headto one side. When his left ear hit a roof bolt and cut it. He received 5 stitches in his left ear. Came back to work on "No lost time".

March 15, 2008 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using a utility knife, working on the phone line when the knife slipped and cut his middle finger on his left hand. EE received 3 stitches at the ER and returned to work and finished his shift. No time lost.

2007 · 1 incident

November 2, 2007 KY · Coal INUNDATION
Eagle Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

2nd shift 220 feet in mining hit auger hole. Mines pre law. No accurate mine maps are available. Inundation of water.

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The full compliance file on No 23

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.