Stonecoal Tipple (T-3) has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1991–2011
Latest incident
May 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
138
citations
65
significant & substantial
$31,072
proposed penalties
$25,291
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,781 gap.
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.
138 citations across 1,013 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Stonecoal Tipple (T-3) has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 4 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
135 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $16K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-04-04.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
29citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
Settled
27 · 93%
Stood as issued
2 · 7%
89%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 19 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$15K proposed, $13K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-12-07.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Stonecoal Tipple (T-3) shows 100% of 68 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: 2013-11-13, 12 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
68
samples
0.84
dust max (mg/m3)
68 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 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.
Stonecoal Tipple (T-3) recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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 4.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.87 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
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
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
Year
Employees
2019
0
2018
0
2017
0
2016
0
2015
0
2014
1
2013
2
2012
3
2011
3
2010
3
2009
10
2008
22
2007
14
2006
12
2005
7
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Stonecoal Tipple (T-3) sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
0
1
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q3
0
0
0
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
756
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,121
11
11
5186.2
2013 Q4
673
1
0
1485.9
2013 Q3
1,870
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
902
4
0
4434.6
2013 Q1
861
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,752
2
0
1141.6
2012 Q3
1,633
3
0
1837.1
2012 Q2
1,574
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
659
4
1
6069.8
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
2,032
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,421
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,396
1
1
227.5
2010 Q4
4,197
5
0
1191.3
2010 Q3
3,602
21
11
5830.1
2010 Q2
1,727
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,188
10
5
8417.5
2009 Q4
120
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
4,071
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
8,876
4
2
450.7
2008 Q4
17,531
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
14,841
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
14,928
11
5
736.9
2008 Q1
11,495
1
0
87.0
2007 Q4
6,374
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,679
13
6
2778.4
2007 Q2
7,674
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
9,515
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
3,834
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
901
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
6,402
5
0
781.0
2006 Q1
5,918
2
0
338.0
2005 Q4
1,203
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
818
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,348
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,131
7
2
2235.7
2000 Q1
4,754
15
8
3155.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2011 · 2 incidents
May 23, 2011KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was walking up a set of steps to access a coal sampling system. As he walked up the first few steps he found that the steps was unsecured and was shaking as he took his first few steps up them. He lost his balance falling forward and fell on his left hand breaking a small bone in his left hand. Employee will need surgery.
1999 · 1 incident
September 13, 1999KY · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS BENT OVER TO MOVE THE COAL TRANSFER GATE HANDLE. WHILE IN THIS POSITION HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK
1997 · 2 incidents
July 7, 1997KY · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Costain Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BEAT ON A PLUGGED HOPPER. HE SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND HOPPER. HE SUFFERED A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE WA REMOVING BOLTS FROM A CRUSHER GEAR PLATE. HE WAS IN A SQUATING POSITION WHILE LOOSENING THE BOLTS. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK WHILE REMOVING THE BOLTS.
1995 · 1 incident
May 4, 1995KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF JAGGED TIN FROM TEH STOKER BUILDING. HIS GRIP SLIPPED AND HIS RIGHT FOREARM HIT HTE METAL CAUSING A LACERATION. STITCHES HAD TO BE USED TO CLOSE THE LACERAT ION.
1994 · 1 incident
January 12, 1994KY · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED WAS CLIMBING UP THE DOZER THAT HE WAS GOING TO OPERATE. HIS BOOTS WEE COVERED WITH MUD. AS HE STEPPED ONTO THE DOZER TRACK HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND LSIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND BELO W. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND DISLOCATED IT.
Costain Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAKE REPAIRS TO A CABLE RETRIEVAL WINCH. THE CABLE HAD NOT ROLLED UP PROPERLY ON THE WINCH DRUM. HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE V-BELT TO MOVE THE DRUM TO GET SLACKIN THE CAB LE SO HE COULD ADJUST THE CABLE. HE MOVE THE DRUM BUT BEFORE HE COULD GET HIS FINGER CLEAR AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN THE LOADOUT STARTED THE WINCH AND INJURED'S 3 FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND HAD
1991 · 2 incidents
November 23, 1991KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH ON THE CAT. 988 END LOADER. HE WAS WELDING THE MOUNTING BRACKET IN PLACE WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY LOOKED AT THE ARC OF THE WELDING ROD. HE RECEIVED FLASH BURN TO THE EYES.
April 1, 1991KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON