Mining Incidents

No. 7 Coal

Spud Mining, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Hattie F Johnson
Pippa Passes, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518706

No. 7 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Aug 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
136
citations
45
significant & substantial
$9,460
proposed penalties
$2,052
paid to date
22% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,408 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
15
inspections on record
861
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: 861 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. 7 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
134 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-02-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 7 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.56 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 107 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.
0.56
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.47
dust max (mg/m3)
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
107
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-12-28.
Silica (quartz)
11.7
silica avg (%)
22.9
silica max (%)
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-09-08.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-09-13.
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 1,632 4 2 2451.0
2004 Q3 15,021 17 3 1131.7
2004 Q2 14,909 13 1 872.0
2004 Q1 2,723 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

August 19, 2004 KY · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Marshall Mining Inc · Struck by powered moving object

MOVING THE MINER OVER, & GOT HIT BY MINER BOOM

May 21, 2004 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marshall Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HANGING HIGH LINE CABLE. STATED HIS BACK WAS ON FIRE & STINGING.

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The full compliance file on No. 7

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.