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Raven Prep Plant Coal

Low Vol Coal, LLC · Facility
Controlled by Charles Collins
Raven, Knott County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1517724

Raven Prep Plant has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2006–2012
Latest incident
May 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
297
citations
93
significant & substantial
$42,889
proposed penalties
$39,414
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,475 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
153
inspections on record
3,948
inspection hours
7.5
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.
297 citations across 3,948 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Raven Prep Plant has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$39K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
291 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Raven Prep Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.26 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 112 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.
0.26
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.85
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
112
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-08-03.
Silica (quartz)
0.9
silica avg (%)
1.5
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-03-02.
Noise
5%
over PEL
65
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-12-02.
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
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 5 0
2024 Q3 0 2 0
2024 Q2 379 1 0 2638.5
2024 Q1 723 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 839 1 0 1191.9
2023 Q3 2,061 7 0 3396.4
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 2,317 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,868 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,427 2 0 824.1
2022 Q3 2,405 1 0 415.8
2022 Q2 3,111 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,844 2 0 703.2
2021 Q4 1,522 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 520 2 0 3846.2
2021 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 533 11 3 20637.9
2020 Q3 0 2 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 6 0
2019 Q3 3,833 17 12 4435.2
2019 Q2 715 1 1 1398.6
2018 Q3 150 2 0 13333.3
2018 Q2 150 2 0 13333.3
2018 Q1 150 1 0 6666.7
2017 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,032 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,032 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,976 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 960 2 0 2083.3
2016 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 1 0
2014 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,360 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,360 1 0 297.6
2013 Q3 1,396 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,223 4 0 765.8
2013 Q1 5,887 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,256 15 5 1816.9
2012 Q3 6,739 3 0 445.2
2012 Q2 16,343 18 4 1101.4
2012 Q1 17,870 3 0 167.9
2011 Q4 16,907 13 7 768.9
2011 Q3 18,204 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 19,449 13 1 668.4
2011 Q1 19,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 16,855 19 6 1127.3
2010 Q3 17,804 2 0 112.3
2010 Q2 17,246 13 7 753.8
2010 Q1 17,206 4 1 232.5
2009 Q4 15,995 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 17,373 3 2 172.7
2009 Q2 17,351 11 4 634.0
2009 Q1 13,369 2 0 149.6
2008 Q4 12,113 7 2 577.9
2008 Q3 13,235 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 13,617 24 9 1762.5
2008 Q1 13,683 2 0 146.2
2007 Q4 12,155 14 3 1151.8
2007 Q3 10,433 10 3 958.5
2007 Q2 11,031 16 8 1450.5
2007 Q1 10,182 10 9 982.1
2006 Q4 7,089 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,383 8 4 5784.5
2005 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2012 · 1 incident

May 8, 2012 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a claw Hammer to drive a nail missed the nail and hit his index finger on his left hand.

2009 · 2 incidents

March 27, 2009 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was getting into a 3/4 ton pick up truck and while he turned to cough, He felt severe pain in his chest and it made a cracking noise. He was taken to medical clinic to be checked and found that he had two fractured ribs.

March 18, 2009 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was dismounting the D9R #2 Dozer with an oil sample bottle in his hand, when his foot slipped, causing him to strike the blade push bar with his left rib cage.

2008 · 1 incident

January 21, 2008 KY · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was closing doors on the rail cars when he slipped twisting his ankle resulting in a fracture in his ankle.

2007 · 1 incident

September 4, 2007 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was bending over to tighten a clamp on a pipe bonder when he felt pain in his back. Employee did not miss any work until 09-17-07. Accident has been under investigation and has been determined to be reportable.

2006 · 2 incidents

June 7, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC · Fall from machine

Employee slid off the side of a belt tube and twisted his ankle. He was attempting to line up a seam in the tube so a connection could be made with the band clamp.

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