S-12 Calhoun has $239K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
19
Years on record
2003–2014
Latest incident
Aug 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
198
citations
99
significant & substantial
$238,640
proposed penalties
$190,843
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $47,797 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
62
inspections on record
2,246
inspection hours
8.8
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.
198 citations across 2,246 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
S-12 Calhoun has $239K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 11 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.
$239K
proposed penalties
$192K
current assessed
$191K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
195 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-01-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at S-12 Calhoun shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 165 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.
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
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND OVERTURNED. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE VICTIM WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE TRUCK. THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE BODY WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE BREATHITT COUNTY CORONER & THEN TO FRANKFORT FOR AUTOPSY.
Reportable incidents
18 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2014 · 4 incidents
August 19, 2014KY · Coaloutside foreman, leadmanMACHINERY
while employee was welding, welding helmet was changing dark due to night fall, he changed to safety glasses to finish. A piece of hot slag hit glasses, dripped onto right eyelid, burning lid and eye
April 2, 2014KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Pulling nose cone off D9T tractor, lift jack came out of ball on blade, struck right knee and pinned right leg against the back of the blade - resulting in a knee contusion.
January 22, 2014KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was assembling highwall miner-using sledgehammer & slate bar. Was prying with slate bar to align bolt holes on structure of 2nd deck, bar slipped & he fell on deck onto his behind.
Took break from loading holes to go and relieve himself. Started to go over the hill from bench where work was being done, slipped on rock & went down over hill landing on a rock then rolling on down to catch bench.
Cut bearing from pin bore and was moving out of the way. The bearing had excessive amounts of grease causing it to slip out of mechanic's hand striking him in the left lower leg.
EE WAS COMING DOWN LADDER ON THE ROCK TRUCK & HE SLIPPED OFF HURTING HIS LEFT SHOULDER & ARM.
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