Mining Incidents

Pine Creek Mine Coal

Controlled by Myron G. McCoy
Mayking, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517586

Pine Creek Mine has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1995–2006
Latest incident
Jun 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
112
citations
25
significant & substantial
$11,483
proposed penalties
$5,332
paid to date
46% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
978
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: 978 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pine Creek Mine has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
109 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-06-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Pine Creek Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.34 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 118 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.
0.34
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.24
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
118
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-06-17.
Silica (quartz)
8.7
silica avg (%)
15.0
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-02-20.
Noise
25%
over PEL
40
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-07-09.
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
2009 Q3 1,274 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,431 1 0 698.8
2009 Q1 6,727 4 0 594.6
2008 Q4 6,515 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,771 7 1 1033.8
2008 Q2 6,068 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,855 6 0 875.3
2007 Q4 7,325 2 1 273.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 6,928 4 2 577.4
2007 Q2 5,167 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,169 3 0 327.2
2006 Q4 9,319 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 10,438 2 1 191.6
2006 Q2 10,380 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,452 5 1 591.6
2005 Q4 7,454 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,614 8 3 1050.7
2005 Q2 8,539 4 1 468.4
2005 Q1 6,133 1 0 163.1
2004 Q4 5,536 6 2 1083.8
2004 Q3 1,561 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,850 1 0 259.7
2004 Q1 2,624 7 4 2667.7
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 5 0
2002 Q1 2,259 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,263 2 1 469.2
2001 Q3 4,121 16 5 3882.6
2001 Q2 3,840 4 0 1041.7
2001 Q1 3,468 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,236 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,090 6 1 5504.6
2000 Q1 980 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2006 · 1 incident

June 2, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Mountain Ventures Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While taking radiator support rod loose, hood moved more than expected and twisted back to keep hood from dropping to the ground.

1998 · 1 incident

September 17, 1998 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Massive Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

A CREW MEN WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING BELLY PAN ON A TD 25C DOZER AT THERE WERE MOVING A CHAIN SLIP CAUSING THE PAIN TO FALL 2FEET TROPY HARD TOE WERE LONG WAR HIS FOOT BETWEEN PAR AND THE GROUT.

1995 · 1 incident

January 18, 1995 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pine Creek Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STARTED TO CLOSE DOOR ON 992B CAT LOADER HAD THUMB IN CLOSING AREA BROKE & CUT THUMB ON LEFT HAND ;STICHES REQUIRED

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The full compliance file on Pine Creek Mine

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.