Poplar Grove Preparation Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $574 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
2018–2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
24
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,801
proposed penalties
$3,227
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $574 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
30
inspections on record
944
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: 944 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Poplar Grove Preparation Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $574 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$574
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Poplar Grove Preparation Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 21 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.
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
2020 Q4
384
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,589
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,576
1
0
388.2
2020 Q1
3,238
3
0
926.5
2019 Q4
12,496
4
1
320.1
2019 Q3
12,351
1
0
81.0
2019 Q2
7,851
1
0
127.4
2019 Q1
3,567
1
0
280.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4
1,400
3
1
2142.9
2018 Q2
600
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2019 · 1 incident
August 12, 2019KY · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was fabricating a new gate for reclaim feeder using plate and steel pipe. When EE went to rotate the gate the steel pipe penetrated the leather glove causing a laceration to EE's right hand. The pipe had been cut with a Dewalt chop saw and the edges had not been ground off.
EE lifted counterweight felt pain in groin area on 10/11/18. EE did not report incident in any manner. EE had surgery for hernia on 12/20/18. Initially incident deemed non work related due to lack of reporting and facts. As more facts found injury was deemed work related. Lack of reporting and duration of investigation is reasoning for delay in filing of incident.
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