Mining Incidents

Shutte #1 Coal

Controlled by James River Coal Company
Raven, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519353

Shutte #1 has $3K 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
2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
21
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,841
proposed penalties
$2,841
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
6
inspections on record
192
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: 192 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shutte #1 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-12-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Shutte #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 31 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.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.14
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-09-07.
Noise
8%
over PEL
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-08-31.
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
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 5,403 1 0 185.1
2010 Q3 3,652 2 1 547.6
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 627 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,918 6 0 757.8
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 9,880 7 3 708.5
2009 Q2 10,267 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,258 5 3 605.5
2008 Q4 1,570 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

September 29, 2009 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was taking spindle off 777 rock truck and it fell striking employee on leg. (cracked bone above ankle)

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