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No 3-K: 39 MSHA citations Coal

Kyn Coal Company Inc · Underground
Rockhouse, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517849

No 3-K has $12K 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
1997–1999
Latest incident
Mar 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
39
citations
25
significant & substantial
$12,239
proposed penalties
$10,139
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Kyn Coal Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
366
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: 366 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-K has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-01-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
64.1%
significant & substantial
7.7%
high negligence or reckless
64.1%
reasonably likely or greater
5.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.3% low, 82.1% moderate, 7.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘ 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
KENT20020212 Settlement Weisberger 2002 $8K → $6K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 3-K shows 91% of 54 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2000-12-29, 25 years ago
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
54
samples
3.76
dust max (mg/m3)
24 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 30 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR32
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR6
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)3

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2000-08-22, 26 years ago
2.1
silica avg (%)
1
samples
2.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

No 3-K recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 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
  1. Clark Elkhorn Coal Company 1996 to 1998
  2. Clark Elkhorn Coal Company 1998 to 1999
  3. Kyn Coal Company Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2001 12 953
2000 11 85,599
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

No 3-K sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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
ⓘ 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 Q1 2,213 5 4 2259.4
2000 Q4 7,194 11 7 1529.1
2000 Q3 7,175 8 5 1115.0
2000 Q2 8,639 8 5 926.0
2000 Q1 7,413 7 4 944.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1999 · 1 incident

March 18, 1999 KY · Coal electrician, lineman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

SECTION WAS IDLE MAKING SECTION PULL BACK, INJURED WAS WALKING IN BELT ENTRY AND HIT LEFT EAR AGAINST A BELT HANGER CAUSING CUT TO EAR.

1998 · 3 incidents

August 17, 1998 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND FOOT.

March 19, 1998 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCURED 4TH CROSSCUT OUTBY FACE OF THE#10 ENTRY. WE HAD STARTED A SMALL PANEL RT OFF 1ST RT PANEL. #10 ENTRY WAS ONLY MINED 1 BREAK. THEN STOPPED. THE INTERSECTION WAS LAMINATED SHA LE. MSHS WAS NOTIFIED AND ROOF CONTROL INSPECTORCAME OUT CHECKED FALL AND USED STRATA SCOPE CHECKING SECTION.

1997 · 1 incident

March 5, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.