Mining Incidents

South Akers Mining #8 Coal

South Akers Mining Llc · Underground
Dorton, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518333

South Akers Mining #8 has $12K 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
2001
Latest incident
Dec 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
119
citations
44
significant & substantial
$11,696
proposed penalties
$11,654
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $42 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
59
inspections on record
1,438
inspection hours
8.3
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.
119 citations across 1,438 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

South Akers Mining #8 has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
119 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-11-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at South Akers Mining #8 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.51 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 205 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.
0.51
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.33
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
205
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-12-06.
Silica (quartz)
5.8
silica avg (%)
15.0
silica max (%)
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-08-04.
Noise
0%
over PEL
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-05-20.
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
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 18,941 25 6 1319.9
2003 Q3 17,665 7 4 396.3
2003 Q2 21,541 13 5 603.5
2003 Q1 19,819 12 7 605.5
2002 Q4 23,836 9 4 377.6
2002 Q3 20,975 6 1 286.1
2002 Q2 23,536 9 3 382.4
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 25,218 10 4 396.5
2001 Q4 26,530 2 1 75.4
2001 Q3 21,586 18 6 833.9
2001 Q2 23,996 4 2 166.7
2001 Q1 18,302 4 1 218.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

December 6, 2001 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
South Akers Mining Llc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL STRIKING LEFT LEG WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP.

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The full compliance file on South Akers Mining #8

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.