Mining Incidents

No. 5 Coal

Apex Energy, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by J Mark Campbell
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518741

No. 5 has $1K 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
3
Years on record
2004–2005
Latest incident
May 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
17
citations
7
significant & substantial
$1,338
proposed penalties
$1,338
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
18
inspections on record
226
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: 226 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 $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-10-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 5 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 17 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.
0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.39
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-08-11.
Silica (quartz)
30.5
silica avg (%)
30.5
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-02-04.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-03-23.
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
2007 Q2 327 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 663 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,258 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,749 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,609 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,802 1 0 102.0
2005 Q3 18,238 3 3 164.5
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 24,126 1 0 41.4
2005 Q1 12,202 1 0 82.0
2004 Q4 19,130 4 3 209.1
2004 Q3 19,040 5 1 262.6
2004 Q2 10,552 2 0 189.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

May 3, 2005 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apex Energy, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was getting off coal loader in coal pit to check coal. Ground was uneven. He twisted his left ankle thus breaking a small bone in the top of his left foot (thought he just sprained his left ankle when he saw the doctor later in the day).

January 18, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Apex Energy, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Cutting bolts out of roller cap. Blew holes out with air hose. Cutting blew in l/eye.

2004 · 1 incident

December 17, 2004 KY · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Apex Energy, Inc. · Struck by flying object

He was trying to break a bearing free from an auger and a piece of brass came off and struck him in the mouth.

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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.