Sandlick No. 1 has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $20K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Jun 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
233
citations
54
significant & substantial
$26,950
proposed penalties
$6,542
paid to date
24% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,408 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
84
inspections on record
1,903
inspection hours
12.2
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.
233 citations across 1,903 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sandlick No. 1 has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $20K 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$20K
outstanding
229 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-01-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Sandlick No. 1 shows 99% of 146 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2019-02-04, 7 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
146
samples
1.62
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
132 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 14 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Sandlick No. 1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.12 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2017
1
2016
1
2015
4
15,481
2014
5
17,080
2013
6
30,882
2012
12
7,788
2011
14
13,209
2010
0
2009
4
625
2008
8
29,006
2007
14
90,028
2006
18
13,155
2005
11
48,522
2004
12
20,418
2003
4
18,454
2002
3
13,209
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Sandlick No. 1 sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
50
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
100
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
150
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
400
3
1
7500.0
2016 Q2
0
1
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
1,440
5
1
3472.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3
2,400
3
0
1250.0
2015 Q2
1,920
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
960
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,400
4
1
1666.7
2014 Q3
1,920
1
1
520.8
2014 Q2
1,280
9
0
7031.2
2014 Q1
750
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
2,800
1
0
357.1
2013 Q3
2,740
2
1
729.9
2013 Q2
2,600
4
1
1538.5
2013 Q1
2,400
5
2
2083.3
2012 Q1
5,835
24
4
4113.1
2011 Q4
14,043
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,841
12
3
2478.8
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
728
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,449
3
0
869.8
2009 Q1
1,280
3
1
2343.8
2008 Q4
4,667
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,236
12
1
2291.8
2008 Q2
3,880
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5,568
7
1
1257.2
2007 Q4
7,622
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
10,440
5
2
478.9
2007 Q2
10,243
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
8,052
5
1
621.0
2006 Q4
20,000
3
2
150.0
2006 Q2
7,474
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
6,637
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,904
15
4
2540.7
2005 Q2
5,622
1
1
177.9
2005 Q1
3,577
6
2
1677.4
2004 Q2
1,827
4
0
2189.4
2004 Q1
4,920
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,718
3
0
1746.2
2003 Q3
1,966
2
0
1017.3
2003 Q2
2,439
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,855
4
1
2156.3
2002 Q4
1,860
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,830
1
0
546.4
2002 Q2
1,280
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
350
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2003 · 1 incident
June 9, 2003KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS