Mining Incidents

No 4 Coal

Long Fork Development Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Deboard, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517865

No 4 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1997–2000
Latest incident
Jul 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
54
citations
20
significant & substantial
$6,492
proposed penalties
$5,563
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $929 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
839
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: 839 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 4 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-03-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 4 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.78 mg/m3 (88% compliant) across 104 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.
0.78
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.76
dust max (mg/m3)
88%
within 1.5 mg/m3
104
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-06-27.
Silica (quartz)
7.7
silica avg (%)
8.0
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-06-20.
Noise
21%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-06-08.
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
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 2,619 3 0 1145.5
2000 Q4 13,802 27 8 1956.2
2000 Q3 29,939 4 3 133.6
2000 Q2 35,902 20 9 557.1
2000 Q1 17,580 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2000 · 9 incidents

July 12, 2000 KY · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Long Fork Development Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EMPLOYEE HAD WENT INSIDE MINE TRAILER TO GET LOADER, MAN PICKED UP A JUG OF WATER. HE STARTED BACK TO FUEL TANK STEPPED ON GRATE SLIPPED AND FELL ON BACK.

June 16, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE EE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. WHEN THE MINER CABLE GROUNDED AND IT FLASHED CAUSING EE TO JERK HIS HEAD BACK.

May 24, 2000 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING TOWARD POWER-CENTER WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TOP.

April 20, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Long Fork Development Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EE WAS LOADING SUPPLIES ON PINNER (LIFTING GLUE) AND BACK WENT OUT.

April 18, 2000 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Long Fork Development Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS SETTING MINER UP AND HIS FOOT GOT TANGLED IN CABLE AND TRIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE.

March 31, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Long Fork Development Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS EITHER HELPING TO SPLICE MINER CABLE OR ROCK DUSTING WHEN HE INJ LOWER BACK

March 30, 2000 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator OTHER
Long Fork Development Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING A VEHICLE IN PARKING LOT WHEN HE CLOSED THE DOOR ON HIS LEFT DOOR

February 7, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Long Fork Development Inc · Fall onto or against objects

THE EE WAS WALKING IN BACK OF BOLTER WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER BOLTER CABLE REACHED OUT WITH HAND TO CATCH HIMSELF HITTING ROOF BOLT PLATE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 001-0 OUT-BY OFF OF SECTION. EE RECEI VED 8 SURTURES TOP OF LEFT HAND 8 ON BOLTTOM OF LEFT HAND.

1999 · 2 incidents

May 17, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ROOF-BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL BENT CAUSING HE TO HOOSE CONTROL OF IT HITTING HIM ON LEFT WRIST.

January 25, 1999 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Long Fork Development Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ON A MAN-TRIP. AS HE STARTED TO SIT DOWN, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

1998 · 3 incidents

December 22, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SUPPLIES FROM BACK TO FRONT OF ROOF-BOLTER WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK.

September 17, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS MAKING UP ROOF BOLTS & THROWING THEMN TO WHERE ROOF BOLTER WOULD BE PLACED, WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF THROWING ROOF BOLT A BURR ON THE ENBD OF THE BOLT CAUGHT EE'S RIGHT FOREARM LEAVI NG HIM WITH A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 6 STITCHES.

January 16, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING ON SKIRT RUBBER TO GET IT OUT OF TAILPIECE. HE HAD SQUATTED DOWN, PULLING UPWARD TOWARD FACE WITH A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS. CHANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED & HIT EE ON MOUTH (LIP) REQUIRIN G 5 STITCHES.

1997 · 1 incident

October 7, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS REPAIRING BELT HEAD DRIVE AND THE GUARD SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HAND.

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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.