Mining Incidents

Short Fork Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Yeaddiss, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518474

Short Fork has $397 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2002
Latest incident
Jun 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$397
proposed penalties
$397
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
8
inspections on record
85
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: 85 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Short Fork has $397 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$397
proposed penalties
$397
current assessed
$397
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-01-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Short Fork shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.32 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 12 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.
0.32
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.03
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-06-20.
Silica (quartz)
21.2
silica avg (%)
21.2
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-07-01.
Noise
20%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-03-26.
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
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 4,927 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 18,943 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 15,448 6 1 388.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

June 26, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHAIN TO LIFT PARTS WHEN THE CHAIN CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST DOZER FRAME.

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