Mining Incidents

Rock Crusher Plant Site Coal

Controlled by Headwaters Inc
Greenville, Muhlenberg County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519071

Rock Crusher Plant Site has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2008–2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
47
citations
21
significant & substantial
$11,229
proposed penalties
$11,129
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
36
inspections on record
658
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: 658 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rock Crusher Plant Site has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 0 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-03-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Rock Crusher Plant Site shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.25 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 41 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.
0.25
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.03
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
41
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-06-20.
Noise
5%
over PEL
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-06-20.
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
2018 Q2 2,120 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 1 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 2 1
2013 Q3 0 2 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 657 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 555 1 1 1801.8
2010 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,490 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,860 1 0 170.6
2009 Q3 6,711 1 0 149.0
2009 Q2 12,060 7 3 580.4
2009 Q1 11,568 16 12 1383.1
2008 Q4 15,145 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 14,764 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 11,992 3 1 250.2
2008 Q1 7,997 3 0 375.1
2007 Q4 5,297 1 0 188.8
2007 Q3 4,110 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,558 3 1 457.5
2007 Q1 8,783 5 2 569.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2009 · 1 incident

September 27, 2009 KY · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Covol Fuels No. 2, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Uasing a rake/pry bar to pull a small piece of wood out from the rock box on the dredge. The piece of wood broke off, his arm slipped & he bumped elbow on rock box.

2008 · 3 incidents

September 23, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Covol Fuels No. 2, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using post hole digger without the safety bar between the motor and the post hole digger.

May 5, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Covol Fuels No. 2, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Adjusting valve on 20" cyclones. Trying to close the valve that is stuck open, using a pipe to close the valve.

February 13, 2008 KY · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covol Fuels No. 2, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Injured party was traveling by foot from one area of the property to another when he slipped and fell because of the ice. *The Tri-State area had an ice storm on Tuesday 2/13/08 and everything had ice on it for the next two days. This was a major contributor in this accident.

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The full compliance file on Rock Crusher Plant Site

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.