Mining Incidents

Rockhouse 1 Coal

Controlled by Thomas King Evans
Middlesboro, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518901

Rockhouse 1 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Mar 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
82
citations
55
significant & substantial
$20,860
proposed penalties
$11,173
paid to date
54% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,688 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
14
inspections on record
475
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: 475 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rockhouse 1 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 2 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Rockhouse 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 51 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.
0.13
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.86
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
51
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-03-28.
Silica (quartz)
36.9
silica avg (%)
36.9
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-08-24.
Noise
3%
over PEL
37
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-19.
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
2011 Q3 1,269 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,315 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,264 3 2 2373.4
2010 Q4 1,652 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,354 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 3 1
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 250 5 1 20000.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 7,307 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 13,998 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 14,493 14 11 966.0
2008 Q3 14,680 4 3 272.5
2008 Q2 14,670 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 14,433 7 3 485.0
2007 Q4 16,558 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 21,819 14 10 641.6
2007 Q2 18,043 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 16,772 13 8 775.1
2006 Q4 7,649 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 18,702 12 10 641.6
2006 Q2 19,415 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 16,399 2 1 122.0
2005 Q4 18,287 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,782 5 5 642.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

March 17, 2008 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

The driver went to downshift and got out of gear - couldn't get back in gear. Stitches to hand and head.

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