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.
194 citations across 3,922 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2022-06-22.
On record since 2022.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Parkway Refuse has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 22 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
192 assessments are final orders; 22 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-18.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
38citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
Settled
26 · 68%
Stood as issued
10 · 26%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 5%
82%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 17 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $5K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2020-06-01.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Parkway Refuse shows 100% of 216 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: 2026-03-04
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
216
samples
0.90
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
174 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 42 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.
Parkway Refuse recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.
Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ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
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.16 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.17 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023
3.20
1.60
0.000
2022
3.75
1.88
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
2.27
2.27
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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
Year
Employees
2026
2
2025
5
2024
18
2023
53
2022
45
2021
40
2020
33
2019
33
2018
26
2017
24
2016
27
2015
29
2014
21
2013
22
2012
24
2011
24
2010
22
2009
11
2008
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Parkway Refuse sits in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky · Population 30,712
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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
2026 Q2
450
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
920
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
1,620
2
0
1234.6
2025 Q3
6,980
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,450
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
780
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
105
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
1,184
3
0
2533.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,275
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
28,645
5
1
174.6
2023 Q4
34,822
5
2
143.6
2023 Q3
33,048
5
3
151.3
2023 Q2
28,833
6
0
208.1
2023 Q1
28,253
6
0
212.4
2022 Q4
27,788
8
2
287.9
2022 Q3
28,348
1
0
35.3
2022 Q2
25,177
6
1
238.3
2022 Q1
25,300
1
0
39.5
2021 Q4
25,916
1
0
38.6
2021 Q3
25,819
1
0
38.7
2021 Q2
23,566
2
0
84.9
2021 Q1
24,688
2
1
81.0
2020 Q4
23,693
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
24,704
2
0
81.0
2020 Q2
19,455
3
1
154.2
2020 Q1
21,536
3
0
139.3
2019 Q4
24,741
6
0
242.5
2019 Q3
23,538
4
0
169.9
2019 Q2
21,322
5
1
234.5
2019 Q1
18,626
3
0
161.1
2018 Q4
17,759
1
0
56.3
2018 Q3
18,283
3
0
164.1
2018 Q2
17,193
1
0
58.2
2018 Q1
13,872
5
0
360.4
2017 Q4
9,571
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
9,350
4
2
427.8
2017 Q2
10,580
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
11,354
1
0
88.1
2016 Q4
10,157
1
0
98.5
2016 Q3
12,611
2
0
158.6
2016 Q2
10,057
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
12,419
4
0
322.1
2015 Q4
13,653
5
2
366.2
2015 Q3
14,326
1
1
69.8
2015 Q2
13,528
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
13,013
5
1
384.2
2014 Q4
9,454
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
10,142
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
9,658
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
10,723
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
10,045
2
0
199.1
2013 Q3
10,701
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
10,730
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
11,592
1
0
86.3
2012 Q4
11,120
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
10,836
2
1
184.6
2012 Q2
10,809
1
0
92.5
2012 Q1
11,793
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
11,841
2
1
168.9
2011 Q3
12,854
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
11,826
2
2
169.1
2011 Q1
10,545
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
10,163
1
0
98.4
2010 Q3
10,286
1
0
97.2
2010 Q2
11,924
2
0
167.7
2010 Q1
10,757
1
1
93.0
2009 Q4
8,909
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
7,102
3
1
422.4
2009 Q2
4,523
2
0
442.2
2009 Q1
4,321
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,331
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2023 · 2 incidents
January 10, 2023KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE was operating an end loader on the raw coal yard feeding the hopper when the bucket came into contact with the concrete around the hopper causing an abrupt stop resulting in EE hitting the steering wheel with EE's ribs.
EE was being transported for Random drug test, after taking random he was being transported back to his equipment by Foreman in a Ford F150 when he drove around parking ditch and hit a hole causing him to bounce. EE finished his shift and didn't report injury until 9/8/15. He missed first scheduled work day on 9/8/15. On 9/11/15 ee was terminated for failing Random Drug Test
January 29, 2015KY · Coalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A D9 Dozer caught on fire for undetermined reasons on the surface area of the Surface Facilities. No one was working on this shift at the time of the fire. The fire was discovered by a dispatch person that works at the underground mine location.
2009 · 1 incident
March 17, 2009KY · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS