Mining Incidents

No 5 Coal

Long Fork Development Inc · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Deboard, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518279

No 5 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Aug 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
17
significant & substantial
$4,722
proposed penalties
$3,724
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $998 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
733
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: 733 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 5 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 11 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-02-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 5 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.59 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 102 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.
0.59
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.94
dust max (mg/m3)
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
102
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-02-20.
Silica (quartz)
11.9
silica avg (%)
20.7
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-12-05.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-05-29.
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
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 14,020 4 1 285.3
2001 Q4 16,756 11 6 656.5
2001 Q3 12,219 6 1 491.0
2001 Q2 19,234 11 6 571.9
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 12,136 7 2 576.8
2000 Q4 19,777 8 1 404.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

August 11, 2001 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS UP ON TAILPIECE GOUGING MUD DOWN & HIT GUARD WITH ARM. LACERATION TO TOP RIGHT ARM REQUIRED SEVEN SUTURES.

June 29, 2001 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DIRECTION TO GO BACK TO MINER AND HAD CHANGED SEATS IN THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT LEFT KNEE AND THIGH.

May 29, 2001 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Long Fork Development Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE EE WAS MOVING BUGGY ANCHOR WHEN HE LACERATED RIGHT HAND, REQUIRING 16 SUTURES ON A PIECE OF WIRE THAT WAS TIED TO A ROOF BOLT PLATE.

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The full compliance file on No 5

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.