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Risner #1 Coal

Blackhawk Mining, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Blackhawk Mining LLC
Risner, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519107

Risner #1 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
64
citations
21
significant & substantial
$9,858
proposed penalties
$3,395
paid to date
34% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,463 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
20
inspections on record
608
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 608 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Risner #1 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 4 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-10-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Risner #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.57 mg/m3 (90% compliant) across 42 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.
0.57
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.04
dust max (mg/m3)
90%
within 1.5 mg/m3
42
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-09-26.
Silica (quartz)
5.1
silica avg (%)
7.9
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-11-28.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-09-23.
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
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q4 7,469 4 2 535.5
2008 Q3 17,727 33 12 1861.6
2008 Q2 5,168 1 0 193.5
2008 Q1 4,282 6 1 1401.2
2007 Q4 9,761 10 2 1024.5
2007 Q3 5,758 9 4 1563.0
2007 Q2 0 1 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

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