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.
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 Pine Creek Mine shows 100% of 118 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: 2009-06-17, 17 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
118
samples
1.24
dust max (mg/m3)
79 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 39 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.
Pine Creek Mine 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
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 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
* 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)
2009
9
6,896
2008
13
51,114
2007
15
47,024
2006
15
50,698
2005
12
33,455
2004
8
11,760
2002
4
1,948
2001
8
17,168
2000
7
7,858
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pine Creek Mine sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
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
2009 Q3
1,274
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,431
1
0
698.8
2009 Q1
6,727
3
0
446.0
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
1
1
136.5
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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, 2006KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
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.