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Simpson Br: 204 MSHA citations Coal

Pike-Floyd Mining, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Jimmy D Tackett
Drift, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518763

Simpson Br has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $30K 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
204
citations
75
significant & substantial
$37,972
proposed penalties
$8,181
paid to date
22% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $29,791 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Pike-Floyd Mining, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
56
inspections on record
1,430
inspection hours
14.3
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.
204 citations across 1,430 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Simpson Br has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $30K 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.
$38K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$30K
outstanding
199 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-03-11.
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.
37.5%
significant & substantial
1.5%
high negligence or reckless
37.5%
reasonably likely or greater
21.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.5% low, 88.0% moderate, 1.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Simpson Br shows 90% of 135 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: 2013-02-08, 13 years ago
90%
within 1.5 mg/m3
135
samples
5.12
dust max (mg/m3)
92 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 43 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR41
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR28
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR15

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2013-02-21, 13 years ago
7.9
silica avg (%)
12
samples
19.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR7
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR5
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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.

Last sampled: 2013-01-31, 13 years ago
2%
over PEL
41
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR13
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR5
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)5
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2013 89% 19
2012 100% 8
2011 86% 29
2006 93% 15
2005 92% 38
2004 88% 26
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2013 6.2 1
2012 15.2 1
2011 17.1 3
2006 4.9 1
2005 2.7 4
2004 2.9 2
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2013 0% 9
2012 0% 5
2011 0% 12
2005 20% 5
2004 0% 10
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Simpson Br recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.

Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ 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 3.83 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.28 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.
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.
Ownership history
  1. C & L Coal Co Inc 2004 to 2005
  2. RV Mining LLC 2005 to 2009
  3. MiTac Mining, LLC 2009 to 2010
  4. Blackhawk Mining LLC 2010 to 2010
  5. Pike-Floyd Mining, Inc. 2010 to present
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)
2013 3 4,978
2012 2 1,833
2011 15 19,178
2009 0
2006 8 33,253
2005 15 131,949
2004 3 4,752
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Simpson Br sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
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
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 3,421 17 5 4969.3
2012 Q4 635 8 2 12598.4
2012 Q3 14 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 524 2 0 3816.8
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4 5,069 40 17 7891.1
2011 Q3 5,818 25 7 4297.0
2011 Q2 5,933 18 4 3033.9
2011 Q1 5,200 15 7 2884.6
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 1 0
2006 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,051 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,212 13 5 2092.7
2005 Q4 6,405 17 7 2654.2
2005 Q3 6,959 14 8 2011.8
2005 Q2 6,432 11 4 1710.2
2004 Q4 2,575 8 2 3106.8
2004 Q3 0 9 4

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.