Potato Knob No 3 Coal
3M Energy Resources
· Underground
Controlled by
Douglas McClain Jr; Jim Miceli
Warbranch,
Leslie County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518619
Potato Knob No 3 has $905 in proposed MSHA penalties and $905 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
17
citations
4
significant & substantial
$905
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $905 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
15
inspections on record
255
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 255 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Potato Knob No 3 has $905 in proposed MSHA penalties and $905 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$905
proposed penalties
$905
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$905
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-10-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Potato Knob No 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.15 mg/m3 (80% compliant) across 25 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.1.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
6.09
dust max (mg/m3)
80%
within 1.5 mg/m3
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-10-08.
Silica (quartz)
16.8
silica avg (%)
21.1
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-08.
Noise
0%
over PEL
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-08-26.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 2,129 | 2 | 0 | 939.4 |
| 2003 Q3 | 5,869 | 7 | 2 | 1192.7 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Potato Knob No 3
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.