Mining Incidents

S-3 Candle Ridge Coal

Controlled by Jeffery A Hoops
Saul, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518504

S-3 Candle Ridge has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
18
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,181
proposed penalties
$2,471
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,710 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
18
inspections on record
522
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: 522 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

S-3 Candle Ridge has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-11-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at S-3 Candle Ridge shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 25 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)
0.45
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-11-01.
Silica (quartz)
23.5
silica avg (%)
33.8
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-07-02.
Noise
25%
over PEL
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-11-01.
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
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 1,957 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 16,530 3 0 181.5
2012 Q3 30,276 6 5 198.2
2012 Q2 29,966 1 1 33.4
2012 Q1 30,636 1 0 32.6
2011 Q4 30,384 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 25,409 5 1 196.8
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q1 2,735 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 4 incidents

October 8, 2012 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Revelation Energy, LLC · Struck against a moving object

While cleaning wall, loose material fell from top, hit left corner of loader bucket, throwing operator forward, causing pain in back of neck

October 1, 2012 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Revelation Energy, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Grinding off weld on a jack casing was checking weld and laid grinder on left knee while grinder was still spinning- cut into knee

August 9, 2012 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Revelation Energy, LLC · Struck against a moving object

While operating a dozer, backed over a large rock, which caused pain in lower back

January 4, 2012 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Revelation Energy, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Stepping out of truck & slipped. Hit finger on edge of step causing laceration.

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The full compliance file on S-3 Candle Ridge

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.