Mining Incidents

Pride Mining Inc #3: 211 MSHA citations Coal

Pride Mining, Inc · Underground
Controlled by Donna L Johnson
Price, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518656

Pride Mining Inc #3 has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $29K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Aug 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
211
citations
105
significant & substantial
$30,506
proposed penalties
$1,919
paid to date
6% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $28,587 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
34
inspections on record
1,051
inspection hours
20.1
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.
211 citations across 1,051 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pride Mining Inc #3 has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $29K 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$29K
outstanding
207 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-06-26.
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.
50.7%
significant & substantial
3.9%
high negligence or reckless
51.2%
reasonably likely or greater
15.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.7% low, 88.4% moderate, 3.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Pride Mining Inc #3 shows 93% of 108 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: 2006-06-29, 20 years ago
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
108
samples
2.27
dust max (mg/m3)
58 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 50 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR52
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)15
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR10

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2006-07-05, 20 years ago
8.8
silica avg (%)
13
samples
14.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR12

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.

Last sampled: 2005-11-29, 20 years ago
13%
over PEL
15
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)4
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2006 95% 21
2005 94% 64
2004 87% 23
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2006 7.6 3
2005 9.5 7
2004 8.3 3
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2005 0% 9
2004 33% 6
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. RPM Mining Inc 2003 to 2003
  2. Mountaintop, Inc. 2003 to 2004
  3. RAMA Development Co., Inc. 2004 to 2004
  4. B. King Coal Company, Inc. 2004 to 2006
  5. Pride Mining, Inc 2006 to present
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)
2006 15 41,355
2005 11 48,601
2004 10 31,140
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pride Mining Inc #3 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
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
2006 Q2 1,635 21 15 12844.0
2006 Q1 8,297 14 4 1687.4
2005 Q4 7,281 21 8 2884.2
2005 Q3 2,324 28 13 12048.2
2005 Q2 5,280 27 16 5113.6
2005 Q1 0 25 12
2004 Q4 5,760 30 12 5208.3
2004 Q3 6,240 24 14 3846.2
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 1,116 4 2 3584.2
2004 Q1 0 2 1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

August 29, 2004 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
B. King Coal Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR & CLAIMS THAT HE RAN OVER SOMETHING IN ROADWAY & JAMMED HIS HEAD INTO SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT NOTHING WAS IN THE ROADWAY. INJURED WAS TREATED & TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL.