Mining Incidents

OAM#19 Coal

Controlled by Matthew T Orr
Buckhorn, Laurel County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519762

OAM#19 has $2K 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
2
Years on record
2014–2015
Latest incident
Feb 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
11
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,778
proposed penalties
$1,778
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
12
inspections on record
271
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: 271 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

OAM#19 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-11-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at OAM#19 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 12 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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.35
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-11-30.
Noise
8%
over PEL
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-11-30.
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
2018 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 311 1 0 3215.4
2017 Q3 339 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 328 2 0 6097.6
2016 Q4 678 1 0 1474.9
2015 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 272 3 2 11029.4
2015 Q1 228 2 1 8771.9
2014 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 1 incident

February 11, 2015 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Orr Auger Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Auger operator and mine foreman and his auger helper were repairing front pin puller on Salem 1500B Auger. Foreman let part of pin puller slip out of his hand and mashed his right thumb.

2014 · 1 incident

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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.