Mining Incidents

NO. 405 Coal

Controlled by Kevin Ratliff
Robinson Creek, Ky, Pike County, KY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1516583

NO. 405 has $383K in proposed MSHA penalties and $113K outstanding across 32 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2009–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
815
citations
249
significant & substantial
$383,701
proposed penalties
$151,042
paid to date
39% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $232,659 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
112
inspections on record
6,421
inspection hours
12.7
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.
815 citations across 6,421 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

NO. 405 has $383K in proposed MSHA penalties and $113K outstanding across 32 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.
$383K
proposed penalties
$263K
current assessed
$151K
paid to date
$113K
outstanding
778 assessments are final orders; 32 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-06-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at NO. 405 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.47 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 546 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.
0.47
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.45
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
546
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-01-11.
Silica (quartz)
4.0
silica avg (%)
18.6
silica max (%)
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-01-18.
Noise
16%
over PEL
76
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-02-01.
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
2012 Q2 0 3 0
2012 Q1 9,370 12 1 1280.7
2011 Q4 17,156 10 1 582.9
2011 Q3 17,413 29 6 1665.4
2011 Q2 18,330 29 3 1582.1
2011 Q1 18,112 20 5 1104.2
2010 Q4 17,708 5 4 282.4
2010 Q3 17,244 31 8 1797.7
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 20,521 51 10 2485.3
2010 Q1 21,884 96 34 4386.8
2009 Q4 28,263 28 3 990.7
2009 Q3 30,446 52 14 1707.9
2009 Q2 33,647 34 3 1010.5
2009 Q1 27,845 9 2 323.2
2008 Q4 29,709 6 1 202.0
2008 Q3 18,684 21 7 1124.0
2008 Q2 18,393 9 2 489.3
2008 Q1 16,902 5 0 295.8
2007 Q4 15,630 6 2 383.9
2007 Q3 14,365 28 7 1949.2
2007 Q2 15,906 29 6 1823.2
2007 Q1 20,961 15 2 715.6
2006 Q4 21,751 21 5 965.5
2006 Q3 29,816 5 0 167.7
2006 Q2 4,912 3 0 610.7
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 4,646 40 20 8609.6
2003 Q3 1,420 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,658 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 11,497 24 12 2087.5
2002 Q4 8,060 3 1 372.2
2002 Q3 5,262 17 9 3230.7
2001 Q4 3,845 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2011 · 4 incidents

November 16, 2011 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Akers Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was getting a rock out of way when he said he went to throw it he twisted knee.

November 5, 2011 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
South Akers Mining Company LLC · Struck by falling object

Low Trac 6540 butted a hose. EE got off to look under to see what. Laid hand on top of machine when a piece of draw rock hit his hand. Broke fingers.

March 12, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
South Akers Mining Company LLC · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee called 3/14/11 to say he wouldn't be in. Called back on 3/15/11 to say he hurt his knee at the mine on 3/12/11, but didn't know how or where. Brought doctor's excuse on 3/17/11 and said he could report back to work 3/21/11. Called back 3/21/11 and said he had a torn ligament.

February 24, 2011 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss OTHER
South Akers Mining Company LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was going to return airway to check on set of air lock doors. He did not check back in and was found unresponsive. No contributing factors, suspected heart attack.

2010 · 2 incidents

November 22, 2010 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Akers Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Loading roof steps on bolt machine when a sharp piece of metal cut his right pinky

September 8, 2010 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
South Akers Mining Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

Belt man was riding a four wheel buggy up #6 belt line when front wheel fell off. When wheel came off steering wheel kicked around and struck his hand.

2009 · 3 incidents

May 6, 2009 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
South Akers Mining Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE was operating mantrip when mantrip struck a set of air lock doors causing the door to protrude into the operator's compartment.

March 5, 2009 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Akers Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Putting conveyor chain in miner- steel cable broke striking employee in nose.

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The full compliance file on NO. 405

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.