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: 186 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Northern Strip has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-11-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Northern Strip shows 98% of 59 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2001-01-29, 25 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
59
samples
2.14
dust max (mg/m3)
31 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 28 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Northern Strip recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2002
0
2001
7
22,447
2000
29
301,509
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Northern Strip sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
0
0
0
2001 Q2
856
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
9,213
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
17,997
26
13
1444.7
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3
17,531
4
3
228.2
2000 Q2
18,284
3
1
164.1
2000 Q1
14,808
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2000 · 1 incident
August 16, 2000KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 785B AND NEEDED TO CLIMBLADDER TO GAIN ACCES TO THE BRAKE ACCUMULATOR. THE LADDER ON HIS TRUCK WAS A 6' LADDER AND WAS TOO SHORT. HE GOT THE CUSTOMER'S 10' WOODEN LADD ER. WHILE CLIMBING THE LADDER, IT BROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL.
1999 · 2 incidents
October 21, 1999KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE OPERATING A BLASTING HOLE DRILL. A MACK TRUCKROLLED TOWARD THE DRILL. EE RAISED UP OUT OF THEOPERATORS CHAIR. WHEN EE RAISED UP HE FAINTED- THE TRUCK THEN STRUCK THE DRILL CAUSING NO DAMAG E TO THE DRILL.
1996 · 3 incidents
December 21, 1996KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
THE DRILL OPERATOR WAS NEEDING ASSISTANCE IN BREAKING HIS DRILL STEEL. HE HAD EE HODL THE SLAP WRENCH WHILE HE OPERATED THE LEVER TO ENGAGE WRENCH. HE WRENCH SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND CAUSING IT TO BREAK HIS INDEX FINGER AND CUT HIS HAND. WE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY PUT A SPLINT AND STITCHES ON. HE RETURNED TO WORK THAT EVENING.
THE SURFACE JOB WAS SETTING OFF A BLAST APPROX 1000 TO 1400' AWAY FROM THE HIWALLMINER. THE CREW ON THE MINER WAS NOTIFIED 10 MINS PRIOR TO BLAST TO SHUT OFF MACH & CLEAR AWAY. THE FOREMAN ONTHE MINER WAS REPAIRING A HYD LINE ON THEMINERAT TIME OF BLAST6. A SMALL ROCK ABOUT GOLF BALL SIZE STRUCK THE EE OF THE MINER ON THE RIGHT WRIST-WENT TO HOSP X-RAYS SHOWED NEGATIVE FRACTU
HE WAS DRIVING A MACK COAL TRUCK. HE WAS ON HIS LAST LOAD AND ON HIS WAY DOWN THE HILL. HE WAS HEADING TOWARD A SWITCHBACK AND WAS SLOWING HIS TRUCK. HE WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT. HE STATED THA T AS HE WAS PUSHING HIS BRAKE PEDAL, THE AIR LEFT AND HIS PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR. HE IMMEDIATELY PUT THE TRUCK IN THE DITCH CAUSING IT TO TURN ON ITS SIDE.