Mining Incidents

No 3 Coal

A & M Coal Co Inc · Underground
Pathfork, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519043

No 3 has $69K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Jun 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
171
citations
46
significant & substantial
$69,433
proposed penalties
$51,935
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,498 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
16
inspections on record
1,279
inspection hours
13.4
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.
171 citations across 1,279 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 3 has $69K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$69K
proposed penalties
$54K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
167 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-05-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.72 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 134 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.
0.72
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.51
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
134
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-04-27.
Silica (quartz)
5.7
silica avg (%)
18.5
silica max (%)
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-04-01.
Noise
15%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-04-27.
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
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 4,652 15 10 3224.4
2009 Q1 8,536 22 9 2577.3
2008 Q4 6,982 29 5 4153.5
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 5,519 22 4 3986.2
2008 Q1 9,440 15 5 1589.0
2007 Q4 8,017 30 7 3742.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 6,650 19 5 2857.1
2007 Q2 7,188 12 1 1669.4
2007 Q1 8,232 5 0 607.4
2006 Q4 3,400 2 0 588.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2007 · 5 incidents

June 29, 2007 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
A & M Coal Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee lost control of personnel carrier causing the employee to run into coal rib and dislocated right shoulder.

June 11, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
A & M Coal Co Inc · Struck by powered moving object

While loading scoop with mine supplies, the scoop bucket brushed against left foot.

June 11, 2007 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
A & M Coal Co Inc · Struck by falling object

While pinning the roof, a small piece of rock fell on head and neck.

June 4, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
A & M Coal Co Inc · Struck by falling object

Pulling loose rock down from roof. Rock fell on middle finger on right hand.

February 15, 2007 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
A & M Coal Co Inc · Struck by falling object

While bolting at face, a section of roof fell striking opertor of machine on wrist area of arm, breaking the lower arm area about the wrist.

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