No 3: 113 MSHA citations
Coal
Mcveigh,
Pike County,
KY
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518254
No 3 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
63
significant & substantial
$14,554
proposed penalties
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $700 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 603 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 3 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
107 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-08-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
58.3%
significant & substantial
0.9%
high negligence or reckless
57.9%
reasonably likely or greater
9.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.9% low, 83.2% moderate, 0.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket |
Decision |
Judge |
Year |
Proposed / upheld |
| KENT20020355 |
Settlement |
Barbour |
2002 |
$4K → $3K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at No 3 shows 86% of 74 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
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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
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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: 2001-08-08, 25 years ago
35 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 39 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR39
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)6
- ELECTRICIAN4
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2001-06-08, 25 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3
Noise
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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: 2001-06-25, 25 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR1
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (OFF STANDARD)1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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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
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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 |
| 2001 |
93% |
43 |
| 2000 |
77% |
31 |
Silica (quartz) by year
| Year |
silica avg (%) |
samples |
| 2001 |
4.7 |
1 |
| 2000 |
12.6 |
4 |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
No 3 recorded 16.40 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
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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.
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 7.69 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
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Aaron Coal Company Llc
2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2001 |
20 |
140,483 |
| 2000 |
17 |
85,240 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
No 3 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
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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 |
| 2001 Q4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q3 |
12,054 |
15 |
9 |
1244.4 |
| 2001 Q2 |
12,150 |
32 |
16 |
2633.7 |
| 2001 Q1 |
12,391 |
23 |
14 |
1856.2 |
| 2000 Q4 |
11,918 |
26 |
18 |
2181.6 |
| 2000 Q3 |
11,507 |
12 |
5 |
1042.8 |
| 2000 Q2 |
1,451 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2001 · 4 incidents
May 28, 2001
KY · Coal
scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator
MACHINERY
Aaron Coal Company Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS HELPING DRILL HOLES IN THE BOTTOM TO ANCHOR TAIL PIECE. HE WENT TO MOVE DRILL AND HIT LEVER THAT RUNS DRILL. IT CAUGHT HIS HAND AND STRUCK THE NAIL THAT HOLDE BARREL ON DRILL THRU HIS R ING FINGER, CATCHING HIS RING AND LEDGING IN HIS FINGER.
Aaron Coal Company Llc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL WAS FOUND THIS AM BY MINE FOREMAN. IT IS APPROX. 7' THICK, 70' LONG, JUST INBY SPAD NO135 IN THE NO.1 LEFT ENTRY (RETURN).
March 9, 2001
KY · Coal
scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Aaron Coal Company Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS GOING THROUGH THE FAN DOORS WHEN THE DOOR STARTED TO CLOSE, HE REACHED OUT TO PUSH IT BACK AND THE SCOOP ROLLED CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE CANOPY ON THE SCOOP.
January 20, 2001
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Aaron Coal Company Llc · Struck by falling object
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPOT IN SOME ROOF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK.
2000 · 1 incident
May 26, 2000
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aaron Coal Company Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS LIFTING OXYGEN CYLINDER. INJURYING LOWER BACK AND HIP.