Mining Incidents

Redhawk #3 Mine Coal

Redhawk Mining, LLC · Underground
Eastern, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518880

Redhawk #3 Mine has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $324 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2006–2008
Latest incident
Oct 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
228
citations
85
significant & substantial
$34,732
proposed penalties
$34,264
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $468 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
48
inspections on record
1,316
inspection hours
17.3
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.
228 citations across 1,316 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Redhawk #3 Mine has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $324 outstanding across 1 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$324
outstanding
219 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-01-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Redhawk #3 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.94 mg/m3 (86% compliant) across 83 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.
0.94
dust avg (mg/m3)
7.55
dust max (mg/m3)
86%
within 1.5 mg/m3
83
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-29.
Silica (quartz)
6.6
silica avg (%)
11.6
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-01-09.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-09-08.
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
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q4 21,659 15 8 692.6
2008 Q3 21,009 29 10 1380.4
2008 Q2 18,528 30 5 1619.2
2008 Q1 10,949 13 3 1187.3
2006 Q4 10 55 25 5500000.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 985 15 6 15228.4
2006 Q1 0 1 1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2008 · 6 incidents

October 8, 2008 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Allen Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was helping make belt move, he was pulling on structure and slipped hurting his back

September 2, 2008 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Allen Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was suppling the bolter when he walked into a roof bolt hanging from the top and hit his head, spraining his neck.

July 19, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Allen Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

Using hammer to splice belt. Piece of metal chipped off & hit right wrist.

July 14, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) OTHER
Allen Mining LLC · Unclassified, insufficient data

Unknown. Employee left property. Refused medical treatment. Hasn't made contact with any company officials. Will not return calls.

May 20, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Allen Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee panicked and drove 4-Wheeler into berm.

2006 · 1 incident

November 29, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Goodin Creek Mining Co. Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee attempted to pick up a rock that had fallen off the stacker belt & he thinks he pulled a muscle in his back.

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The full compliance file on Redhawk #3 Mine

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.