Mining Incidents

Poundmill Mine No 90 Coal

Blue Diamond Coal Company · Underground
Viper, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519598

Poundmill Mine No 90 has $180K in proposed MSHA penalties and $371 outstanding across 27 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2012–2016
Latest incident
Mar 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
423
citations
107
significant & substantial
$179,581
proposed penalties
$146,485
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $33,096 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
58
inspections on record
3,552
inspection hours
11.9
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.
423 citations across 3,552 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Poundmill Mine No 90 has $180K in proposed MSHA penalties and $371 outstanding across 27 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.
$180K
proposed penalties
$147K
current assessed
$146K
paid to date
$371
outstanding
409 assessments are final orders; 27 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-03-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Poundmill Mine No 90 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.39 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 401 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.
0.39
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.58
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
401
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-02-01.
Silica (quartz)
5.5
silica avg (%)
12.9
silica max (%)
48
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-02-09.
Noise
9%
over PEL
97
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-02-22.
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
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 22,615 28 6 1238.1
2015 Q4 22,985 38 9 1653.3
2015 Q3 24,237 32 17 1320.3
2015 Q2 23,965 35 20 1460.5
2015 Q1 24,794 15 5 605.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 22,771 16 1 702.6
2014 Q3 22,244 17 4 764.3
2014 Q2 23,387 10 0 427.6
2014 Q1 22,031 10 2 453.9
2013 Q4 20,068 7 0 348.8
2013 Q3 20,172 21 3 1041.0
2013 Q2 21,337 10 0 468.7
2013 Q1 23,676 8 1 337.9
2012 Q4 27,045 42 7 1553.0
2012 Q3 26,487 31 4 1170.4
2012 Q2 26,789 44 13 1642.5
2012 Q1 25,191 32 7 1270.3
2011 Q4 11,223 27 8 2405.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2016 · 1 incident

2015 · 6 incidents

November 16, 2015 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee was operating a roof bolter and bumped his elbow on the ATRS frame and bruised his elbow.

August 4, 2015 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

Found an unintentional roof fall in the # 2 Entry 1 break inby # 6 Belt Drive. Fall dimensions were 20' wide by 40' long by 6' thick.

May 21, 2015 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

Found 2 unintentional roof falls in the 1st and 2nd Maces Bleeder Panels. Both falls were located from the #2 entry through the crosscut to the #4 entry.

February 20, 2015 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Contact with cold

A supervisory employee was working in and around the drift mouth changing out a frozen section of 4" fresh waterline. A small hole in his glove resulted in a "frost bite" injury that required a medical procedure to remove the dead/damaged tissue on March 6, 2015 which then made this a Reportable Injury.

February 3, 2015 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was scattering belt structure and tripped and strained lower back.

2014 · 6 incidents

October 27, 2014 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was shoveling belt and caught his left index finger between the top and the shovel handle and cut his finger. Sutures required.

July 15, 2014 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was helping tighten the low structure when a crib block flew out and struck him on the left shin. Has been diagnosed with a fracture.

July 15, 2014 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting on a belt guard with a utility knife and cut his right thigh. 11 sutures required.

April 3, 2014 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While helping make a belt splice he was moving the knocker his finger was accidentally hit with a hammer by another employee.

2012 · 2 incidents

September 25, 2012 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blue Diamond Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was bolting top and caught his hand between the canopy and drill steel. Fractured a bone in his hand. Started missing work 9-25-2012

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The full compliance file on Poundmill Mine No 90

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.