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No.4: 288 MSHA citations Coal

Trump Energy, Corp. · Underground
Controlled by Janet R Bryant
Regina, Pike County, KY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1519776

No.4 has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2018–2019
Latest incident
Mar 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
288
citations
49
significant & substantial
$53,122
proposed penalties
$35,897
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,225 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Trump Energy, Corp.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
63
inspections on record
3,501
inspection hours
8.2
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.
288 citations across 3,501 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No.4 has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$17K
outstanding
278 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-07.
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.
17.6%
significant & substantial
12.2%
high negligence or reckless
17.6%
reasonably likely or greater
15.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.8% low, 80.9% moderate, 11.9% high, 0.4% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No.4 shows 99% of 423 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: 2023-04-26, 3 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
423
samples
2.31
dust max (mg/m3)
2
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
105 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 318 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR187
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)110
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)22

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2023-03-20, 3 years ago
6.3
silica avg (%)
24
samples
8.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR10
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)9
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ 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: 2022-11-04, 3 years ago
3%
over PEL
36
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)6
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR4
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR4
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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
ⓘ 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
2023 100% 55
2022 98% 122
2021 100% 7
2020 100% 25
2019 99% 172
2018 100% 29
2017 100% 9
2015 100% 4
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2023 7.2 2
2022 5.8 7
2021 6.5 2
2020 7.2 1
2019 6.3 9
2018 7.2 2
2017 5.6 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2022 0% 3
2021 0% 5
2020 17% 6
2019 0% 2
2018 0% 15
2017 0% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

No.4 recorded 4.62 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.

Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ 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.
4.62
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.10 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. Apex Energy, Inc. 2015 to 2018
  2. Premier Elkhorn Coal Company, LLC 2018 to 2019
  3. Virgie Clean Mining, LLC 2019 to 2021
  4. Trump Energy, Corp. 2021 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)
2023 9 15,652
2020 10 17,100
2019 23 77,912
2018 3 5,745
2017 2 14,247
2016 1
2015 19 10,839
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

No.4 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
2023 Q4 0 8 3
2023 Q3 0 1 0
2023 Q2 3,134 24 6 7657.9
2023 Q1 6,548 62 6 9468.5
2020 Q4 2,344 1 0 426.6
2020 Q3 2,344 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,344 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,891 7 2 887.1
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 7,674 11 2 1433.4
2019 Q3 16,413 6 1 365.6
2019 Q2 9,855 10 1 1014.7
2019 Q1 9,394 7 1 745.2
2018 Q4 4,960 3 1 604.8
2018 Q3 2,048 4 0 1953.1
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 687 1 0 1455.6
2017 Q2 2,008 2 1 996.0
2017 Q1 1,774 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 378 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 3,867 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,310 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 119 1 0 8403.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2019 · 1 incident

2018 · 3 incidents

December 28, 2018 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was installing roof straps and turned and struck strap causing laceration to left side of face

December 21, 2018 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was operating a shuttle car and was trying to move a ventilation curtain with EE's left hand and caught EE's left ring finger between coal rib and canopy of scoop.

August 27, 2018 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Striking a roof jack and hit left index finger between jack and hammer.