Mining Incidents

No 4 Coal

C & L Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Conroy Coleman
Honaker, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517407

No 4 has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1994–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
268
citations
112
significant & substantial
$29,544
proposed penalties
$29,544
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
92
inspections on record
2,097
inspection hours
12.8
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.
268 citations across 2,097 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 4 has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$30K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
262 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-07-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 4 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.58 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 343 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.
0.58
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.35
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
343
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-05-05.
Silica (quartz)
3.8
silica avg (%)
7.0
silica max (%)
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-01-15.
Noise
0%
over PEL
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-03-16.
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
2004 Q3 1,857 3 0 1615.5
2004 Q2 3,634 8 5 2201.4
2004 Q1 4,850 12 5 2474.2
2003 Q4 6,470 28 20 4327.7
2002 Q3 5,915 7 2 1183.4
2002 Q2 7,142 7 4 980.1
2002 Q1 6,875 15 4 2181.8
2001 Q1 5,367 24 10 4471.8
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 5,494 39 15 7098.7
2000 Q3 4,775 11 5 2303.7
2000 Q2 4,775 6 3 1256.5
2000 Q1 3,999 12 9 3000.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2004 · 3 incidents

April 22, 2004 KY · Coal security guard, watchman MACHINERY
C & L Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OIL OUT OF TRANSFORMER SPILLED ON HIM.

January 30, 2004 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & L Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THROWING A CHAIN ACROSS BELT.

2002 · 3 incidents

January 22, 2002 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
C & L Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

CUTTING MACHINE RAN OVER LUMP OF COAL AND HURT BACK.

2000 · 4 incidents

June 19, 2000 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
C & L Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING A SCOOP, RUN OVER ROCK, THROW UP INTO TOP OF CANOPY.

April 24, 2000 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
C & L Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING TO FAST DOWN HILL.

February 29, 2000 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C & L Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON BELT' RED DEVIL BAR SLIP HIT HIM ON THUMB WAS CUT.

1998 · 2 incidents

1996 · 3 incidents

October 29, 1996 KY · Coal driller operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & L Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STARTED TO STEP IN SCOOP BUCKET AND HE SLIPPED AND CRILLED AROUND AND TWISTED HIS BACK. TOLDTHE OWNER.

May 29, 1996 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C & L Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS BREAKING ROCK AND HIT HAND ON SIDE OF VCONVEYOR CHAIN. HAND WAS BROKE.

1995 · 1 incident

November 21, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
C & L Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRMAN WAS WORKING ON DRILL STEM. HAD HIS HAND ON STEM AND DRILLMAN PUSHED STEM OUT, PINCHING HIS HAND IN FRONT DRILL BEARING.

1994 · 1 incident

October 12, 1994 KY · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & L Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CABLE STANDING ON A BLOCK. WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE BLOCK HE TURNED HIS ANKLE.

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The full compliance file on No 4

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.