Mining Incidents

Salem Auger No. 54 Coal

JRC Mining, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Charles Collins
Pippa Passes, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518442

Salem Auger No. 54 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $541 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
41
citations
17
significant & substantial
$5,050
proposed penalties
$4,509
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $541 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
66
inspections on record
980
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: 980 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Salem Auger No. 54 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $541 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$541
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-07-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Salem Auger No. 54 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.28 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 54 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.
0.28
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.13
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
54
samples
Most recent sample: 2021-06-02.
Silica (quartz)
3.8
silica avg (%)
4.5
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-02-12.
Noise
6%
over PEL
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2021-06-02.
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
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 516 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 1 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 1,108 0 0 0.0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2 1,932 1 0 517.6
2018 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,346 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,025 2 1 1951.2
2017 Q2 194 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,236 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 306 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 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 140 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 258 6 2 23255.8
2012 Q4 454 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 780 2 0 2564.1
2012 Q2 1,877 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,917 1 1 521.6
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 264 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 498 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 940 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,215 3 1 2469.1
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 1,093 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,665 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 1 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 1,374 2 0 1455.6
2008 Q4 618 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,743 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,771 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 225 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 688 2 2 2907.0
2007 Q3 1,015 10 6 9852.2
2007 Q2 1,554 2 1 1287.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 619 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 186 1 1 5376.3
2005 Q2 230 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 432 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,111 2 1 1800.2
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q4 346 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,526 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,483 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,265 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Salem Auger No. 54

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.