Poplar Lick Mine has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2008–2010
Latest incident
Aug 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
98
citations
51
significant & substantial
$23,085
proposed penalties
$15,164
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,921 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
25
inspections on record
540
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: 540 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 Lick Mine has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 6 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
97 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-04-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Poplar Lick Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 51 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
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
0
1
1
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
0
2
2
2011 Q3
1,791
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
9,136
2
1
218.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4
18,553
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
16,558
6
5
362.4
2010 Q2
17,184
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
13,388
13
0
971.0
2009 Q4
18,588
2
1
107.6
2009 Q3
23,825
9
4
377.8
2009 Q2
21,179
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
26,273
10
5
380.6
2008 Q4
26,450
1
1
37.8
2008 Q3
27,610
26
13
941.7
2008 Q2
19,550
7
7
358.1
2008 Q1
18,548
1
1
53.9
2007 Q4
18,740
14
7
747.1
2007 Q3
6,200
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,424
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2010 · 1 incident
August 12, 2010KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee got too close to berm on right side striking berm, losing control & crossing road striking left berm before regaining control of rock truck. Hit right arm on glass causing laceration. He bruised hip on seat frame. Employee told company official & foreman he was driving too fast. Employee tested positive on drug test.
May 28, 2009KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Employee alleged he backed over a rock & the dozer jerked. Alleged his neck hurt later. Worked on 5/29/09, told no one of any injury. Employee was absent on 6/1/09. Was contacted by company official and alleged he had hurt his neck.
2008 · 1 incident
April 15, 2008KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
As EE was returning to equipment after lunch, a gust of wind blew dust into his eye. EE rubbed his eye to remove dust particle, resulting in a scratch on surface of eyeball.
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