Mining Incidents

Right Oakley Surface Coal

Ember Energy, LLC · Surface
Royalton, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519459

Right Oakley Surface has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2010–2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
110
citations
48
significant & substantial
$19,254
proposed penalties
$17,646
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,608 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
48
inspections on record
3,017
inspection hours
3.6
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.
110 citations across 3,017 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Right Oakley Surface has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 5 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-03-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Right Oakley Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 166 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.
0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.80
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
166
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-07-12.
Silica (quartz)
11.9
silica avg (%)
26.0
silica max (%)
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-07-18.
Noise
0%
over PEL
56
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-07-12.
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
2019 Q2 20,745 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 3 2
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 1 1
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 8,831 1 0 113.2
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 10,574 2 1 189.1
2016 Q4 23,816 4 2 168.0
2016 Q3 25,960 1 1 38.5
2016 Q2 24,547 6 4 244.4
2016 Q1 24,380 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 24,887 1 1 40.2
2015 Q3 17,173 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,341 2 1 374.5
2015 Q1 18,874 2 0 106.0
2014 Q4 38,646 2 0 51.8
2014 Q3 40,235 5 1 124.3
2014 Q2 43,943 11 6 250.3
2014 Q1 33,999 2 1 58.8
2013 Q4 31,034 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 36,996 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 38,246 13 9 339.9
2013 Q1 37,390 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 35,175 16 8 454.9
2012 Q3 33,204 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 30,775 9 2 292.4
2012 Q1 38,187 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 38,229 2 0 52.3
2011 Q3 38,980 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 37,196 10 2 268.8
2011 Q1 35,827 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 32,622 8 4 245.2
2010 Q3 31,410 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 28,155 5 2 177.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2017 · 1 incident

January 27, 2017 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Ember Energy, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Our employee was approaching the pressure gun/wand (approximately 5 ft. away) during startup. Apparently the trigger gun discharged hitting employee in the face, knocking employee's safety glasses off employee's face and causing an injury to the right eye. As there were no witnesses, this is employee's account.

2014 · 1 incident

October 10, 2014 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Licking River Mining, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE went to a 6 inch pump that was not pumping. He removed a valve to re-prime the pump and hot water shot out and burnt his right forearm.

2013 · 2 incidents

March 27, 2013 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Licking River Mining, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE (mechanic) was changing the left track on the D-10R dozer until #L1-1472 when the chain he was picking up the track up slipped and fell on his right foot. He drove himself to ARH in Hazard and received x-rays no other treatment. His right foot was bruised.

January 30, 2013 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Licking River Mining, LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE was replacing alternator on a D9R dozer (unit #L1-798) when he slipped on the dozer track that was wet. He reached for the engine compartment door to steady himself and caught the corner of the door cutting his right hand. He went to ARH in Hazard, KY and received 10 stitches.

2010 · 1 incident

August 26, 2010 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Licking River Mining, LLC · Fall from machine

EE was hooking chains to a cab to unload it off a step deck trailer. EE forgot it was a stepdeck assumed it was flat and fell. EE landed on his back and then rolled off the lower portion to his head.

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The full compliance file on Right Oakley Surface

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.