Mining Incidents

No. 6 Coal

Cliffco Enterprise, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Cliff Bartley
Robinson Creek, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518411

No. 6 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2003
Latest incident
Mar 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
108
citations
48
significant & substantial
$8,217
proposed penalties
$4,217
paid to date
51% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
43
inspections on record
1,090
inspection hours
9.9
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.
108 citations across 1,090 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No. 6 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 3 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 6 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.48 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 147 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.
0.48
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.55
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
147
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-05-19.
Silica (quartz)
6.2
silica avg (%)
8.3
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-11-17.
Noise
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-12-30.
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
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 9,114 5 3 548.6
2004 Q1 8,017 7 2 873.1
2003 Q4 8,309 4 0 481.4
2003 Q3 11,423 9 3 787.9
2003 Q2 10,859 8 3 736.7
2003 Q1 10,098 8 5 792.2
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 10,168 14 3 1376.9
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q4 3,662 14 7 3823.0
2001 Q3 13,869 6 3 432.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

March 26, 2003 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cliffco Enterprise, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

DURING AN EXAMINATION OF MAIN RETURN A ROOF FALLWAS DISCOVERED BY SUPERINTENDANT. A STATE INSPECTOR A HILL SEAM WAS DISCOVERED. A FALL APPROX. 20'X30'X4' AROUND SPAD #252 IT IS APPROX. 1000 TO 1500FT FROM FACE AREA. NO AIRWAY OR TRAMEL AREA WAS AFFECTED THE PLACE WAS TIMBERED AND DANGERED OFF.

2002 · 2 incidents

October 7, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cliffco Enterprise, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS DRILLING HOLES IN BOTTOM FOR ANCHOR PINS WHEN DRILL SLIPPED CAUSING A CUT BETWEEN INDEX FINGER & MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND. VICTIM WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM AFTER HE WENT HOME. N O STITCHES WERE PUT IN BUT A SURGEON WAS REFERRED TO LOOK AT CUT.

February 28, 2002 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond Star Mining, Inc. · Struck by flying object

EE SAID HE PUT WRENCH ON BOLTER, DID NOT SECURE WRENCH & IT FLIPPED & HIT EYEBROW AREA. HE CONTINUED TO WORK ADDITIONAL 8-9 HRS. HE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT AT TIME OF INCIDENT (OTHER THAN BA ND AID) & REFUSED AGAIN AT END OF SHIFT STATING HE WAS FINE. NO REDNESS OF EYE - SMALL BRUISE & CUT ABOVE EYE. NO LOST TIME.

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The full compliance file on No. 6

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.