Rb #8
Coal
Pathfork,
Harlan County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518131
Rb #8 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $678 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- Feb 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
19
significant & substantial
$4,217
proposed penalties
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $765 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 659 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rb #8 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $678 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.
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-06-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Rb #8 shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.09 mg/m3 (81% compliant) across 138 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.
Most recent sample: 2001-06-29.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2001-03-30.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2000-04-27.
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 |
| 2001 Q3 |
900 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 |
6,279 |
7 |
3 |
1114.8 |
| 2001 Q1 |
7,578 |
4 |
1 |
527.8 |
| 2000 Q4 |
8,186 |
3 |
1 |
366.5 |
| 2000 Q3 |
7,081 |
11 |
9 |
1553.5 |
| 2000 Q2 |
8,436 |
5 |
3 |
592.7 |
| 2000 Q1 |
7,021 |
6 |
2 |
854.6 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2001 · 1 incident
INJURED WAS CLEANING THE NARROW SIDE OF THE LO-LO BELT STRUCTURE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDERAND ARM AREA. THE ROCK WAS LESS THEN 2' IN DIAME TER AND FELL FROM BETWEEN THE LAST ROOF BOLT AND COAL RIB.
2000 · 2 incidents
September 23, 2000
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED WAS FINISHING INSTALLING THE HEAD ON THECONTINUOUS MINER AND AS HE WAS INSTALLING THE RIPPER CHAIN, IT FELL AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE THUMB REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
Manalapan Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
INJURED HAD PLACED THE BOLT HALFWAY INTO THE HOLE HE HAD JUST DRILLED AND AS HE ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY STRAIGHTEN THE BOLT IN ORDER TO SHOVE IT THE REST OF THE WAY INTO THE HOLE, HE SLIPPED AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
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The full compliance file on Rb #8
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.