Straight Creek #3
Coal
Stoney Fork,
Harlan County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519259
Straight Creek #3 has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2008
- Latest incident
- Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
38
significant & substantial
$32,946
proposed penalties
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,809 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 361 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Straight Creek #3 has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
67 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Straight Creek #3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.44 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 57 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.
Most recent sample: 2009-08-25.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2009-08-11.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2009-07-29.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2009 Q4 |
1,520 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 |
13,512 |
7 |
5 |
518.1 |
| 2009 Q2 |
16,719 |
4 |
1 |
239.2 |
| 2009 Q1 |
20,509 |
23 |
10 |
1121.5 |
| 2008 Q4 |
20,660 |
7 |
4 |
338.8 |
| 2008 Q3 |
14,084 |
28 |
18 |
1988.1 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2008 · 1 incident
September 24, 2008
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Robert Clear Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object
Employee operating dozer pshing/lifting dirt rock. Rock slipped and jerked dozer causing a jar/jerking motion.
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