Pe Southern Pike Co has $139K in proposed MSHA penalties and $45K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1994–2010
Latest incident
Feb 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 1999
258
citations
108
significant & substantial
$138,972
proposed penalties
$20,410
paid to date
15% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $118,562 gap.
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.
258 citations across 2,874 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pe Southern Pike Co has $139K in proposed MSHA penalties and $45K outstanding across 8 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.
$139K
proposed penalties
$65K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$45K
outstanding
253 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $302K in penalties contested before the Commission, $34K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-01-10.
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.
20citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
Settled
14 · 70%
Vacated or withdrawn
6 · 30%
64%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
86%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$301K proposed, $41K 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 2011-06-24.
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 Pe Southern Pike Co shows 100% of 163 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: 2012-01-18, 14 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
163
samples
1.20
dust max (mg/m3)
126 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 37 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.
Pe Southern Pike Co recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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 4.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.87 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
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
4.85
4.85
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
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2012
2
2011
4
22,711
2010
8
12,976
2009
7
3,339
2008
17
149,428
2007
33
452,931
2006
34
481,597
2005
30
445,582
2004
30
442,293
2003
30
439,749
2002
5
28,519
2001
2
16,080
2000
7
39,916
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pe Southern Pike Co sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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
On December 12, 2009 at approximately 6:38 am, a pre-dawn, low temperature accident occurred on a haulage road at PE Southern Pike Co. The driver of DT 178 exited the loaded coal truck, resulting in his death.
As employee was walking, his feet slipped out from underneath him, causing him to fall and land with his right leg pinned underneath him, resulting in a fracture to his fibula.
2007 · 1 incident
June 4, 2007KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Employee was walking around the back of his truck to make sure there weren't any tools on the bumper when he stepped on a rock creeling his ankle and twisting his back.
Driver stalled truck & it wouldn't start back up. Employee attempted to put it in reverse to roll start it & lost control. Truck traveled a total of 100'. Truck backed into the berm & overturned.
2004 · 2 incidents
October 27, 2004KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Got out of tractor/truck to clean windshield. Lifted hood on tractor. Climbed up on diver side tire to clean the windshield, foot slipped. Fell between the hood & bumper, stuck left rib cage.
2003 · 2 incidents
October 27, 2003KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
FILLING UP WATER TRUCK AT THE POND: INJURED WALKED OUT TO CULVERT AT THE DAM AND AS HE RETURNED TO THE TRUCK SLIPPED ON WET GRASS AND FELL TWISTING LEFT ANKLE
1996 · 1 incident
March 26, 1996KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 320 LOADER NAD CUT HTE ENGINE TO WAIT FOR A BLAST TO BE PUT OFF, AND WHEN HE STARTED TO START THE ENGINE AGAIN, HE LOADER STARTED ROLLING DOWN THE HILL AND THE EMPLOY EE PANICKED. HE DID NOTHAVE HIS PARK BRAKE SET, AND THE LOADER WAS STILL IN GEAR. THIS IS WHY IT DIDN'T START IMMEDIATELY.
June 3, 1994KY · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON