Mining Incidents

Stoney Point Mine Coal

Controlled by Phoenix Coal Corporation
Providence, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518080

Stoney Point Mine has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $195 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1998–2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
95
citations
25
significant & substantial
$10,661
proposed penalties
$10,466
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $195 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
928
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: 928 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stoney Point Mine has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $195 outstanding across 1 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$195
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-10-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Stoney Point Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.34 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 37 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.
0.34
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.01
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
37
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-07-02.
Silica (quartz)
29.8
silica avg (%)
29.8
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-08-21.
Noise
42%
over PEL
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-08-15.
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
2008 Q4 1,075 1 1 930.2
2008 Q3 4,214 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,163 3 0 581.1
2008 Q1 13,573 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 16,122 2 0 124.1
2007 Q3 10,138 9 0 887.7
2007 Q2 9,110 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 165 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 437 1 0 2288.3
2006 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 2 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 24,721 1 0 40.5
2004 Q3 25,123 2 0 79.6
2004 Q2 17,571 36 16 2048.8
2004 Q1 18,285 5 0 273.4
2003 Q4 14,144 2 1 141.4
2003 Q3 18,301 1 1 54.6
2003 Q2 16,940 7 1 413.2
2003 Q1 16,679 2 0 119.9
2002 Q4 13,735 3 2 218.4
2002 Q3 13,043 12 3 920.0
2002 Q2 13,651 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 15,448 2 0 129.5
2001 Q4 9,569 4 0 418.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 7, 1999 KY · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
No 1 Contractor Inc · Struck by falling object

DRILL WAS DRILLING SEPERATION. WHEN HIGHWALL BEGAN WORKING AND BEFORE DRILLER COULD LEAVE HIS EQUIPMENT THE WALL COLLAPSED FATALLY INJURING HIM.

Reportable incidents

6 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2008 · 1 incident

July 14, 2008 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Phoenix Coal Processing Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE had set up crane to lift bed off 777A truck Crane was set up perpendicular to the truck & 3' lower in elevation. Rigging was hooked to bed 3 times. As truck bed was swung, the crane tilted toward truck bed slightly. EE started lowering load & began retracting the boom. Crane stopped tilting, EE thought everything was fine, but the crane suddenly laid against truck bed.

2007 · 1 incident

May 10, 2007 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phoenix Coal Processing Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured party was walking over to the mine foreman's truck when he accidentally stepped into a hole twisting his left knee.

2006 · 1 incident

March 27, 2006 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
No 1 Contractor Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS POURING WATER INTO RADIATOR (DOZER). HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO GROUND (DISTANCE APPROX. 4-5'). SPRAIN/STRAIN TO BACK.

2002 · 1 incident

1999 · 1 incident

August 3, 1999 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
No 1 Contractor Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING BEARING IN STEERING CYLINDER. WHEN IT SLIPPED CUTTING HIS 1ST FINGER ON LEFT HAND

1998 · 1 incident

November 3, 1998 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
No 1 Contractor Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE HELPING MECHANIC WORK ON LOADER REPLACING PINUNSING 5" PRY BAR LIFTING CYL. BAR SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO FALL & HIT LEFT SHOULDER & ELBOW. RAMLEY CONDTION

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The full compliance file on Stoney Point Mine

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.